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Polymerase Chain Reaction

Polymerase Chain Reaction:

   10 X buffer:
       100 mM Tris/HCl pH 8.3
       0.5 M KCl
       15  mM MgCl2

    10 x dNTP stock solution: 2.5 mM each. (dATP, dCTP, dGTP,dTTP)

 Taq  Polymerase: 2.5 units/ 100 ul reaction

 Primers  50 picomoles

 Template  >= 10 ng/ul

 Final Volume = 50 ul.

Determine Tm of primers.  Set initital annealing temperature at Tm – 5
O C using the primer with the lowest Tm as the guide.

Promega PCR guide:
http://www.promega.com/amplification/prodguide/promega.html#Contents