The Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase I (Taq Pol I) gene was cloned into a plasmid expression vector that utilizes the strong bacteriophage PL promoter. A truncated form of Taq Pol I was also constructed. The two constructs made it possible to compare the full-length 832-amino-acid Taq Pol I and a deletion derivative encoding a 544-amino-acid translation product, the Stoffel fragment. Upon heat ...

The Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase I (Taq Pol I) gene was cloned into a plasmid expression vector that utilizes the strong bacteriophage lambda PL promoter. A truncated form of Taq Pol I was also constructed. The two constructs made it possible to compare the full-length 832-amino-acid Taq Pol I and a deletion derivative encoding a 544-amino-acid translation product, the Stoffel fragment. Upo...

Three methods for assembling multiple, overlapping DNA molecules are described. Each method shares the same basic approach: (i) an exonuclease removes nucleotides from the ends of double-stranded (ds) DNA molecules, exposing complementary single-stranded (ss) DNA overhangs that are specifically annealed; (ii) the ssDNA gaps of the joined molecules are filled in by DNA polymerase, and the nicks ...

This study examines the relation between the bid-ask spread from the daily CRSP data and the bid-ask spread from the intraday TAQ data. We show that the CRSP-based spread is highly correlated with the TAQ-based spread across stocks using data from 1993 through 2009. The simple CRSP-based spread provides a better approximation of the TAQ-based spread than all other low-frequency liquidity measur...

The thermostable properties of Taq DNA polymerase from Thermus aquaticus have contributed greatly to the yield, specificity, automation, and utility of the polymerase chain reaction method for amplifying DNA. Taq polymerase is widely used enzyme for DNA amplification in PCR techniques and highly applicable in molecular biology and biotechnology. In this study the Taq gene was amplified from the...

background: taq dna polymerase is a very important enzyme for molecular biological studies such as dna amplification and dna sequencing by the pcr. it is a standard enzyme that is used in 90% of molecular biology labs today. the aim of this study was to produce taq dna polymerase enzyme in e. coli by a reliable, practical, simple and low cost method.materials and methods: in this study, the taq...

To evaluate PCR-generated artifacts (i.e., chimeras, mutations, and heteroduplexes) with the 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA)-based cloning approach, a model community of four species was constructed from alpha, beta, and gamma subdivisions of the division Proteobacteria as well as gram-positive bacterium, all of which could be distinguished by HhaI restriction digestion patterns. The overall PCR artif...