"Taq Polymerase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A heat stable DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE from the bacteria Thermus aquaticus. It is widely used for the amplification of genes through the process of POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION. EC 2.7.7.-.
| Descriptor ID |
D019914
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.445.308.300.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Taq Polymerase- Taq Polymerase
- Polymerase, Taq
- Taq1 Polymerase
- Polymerase, Taq1
- Thermus aquaticus Polymerase
- Polymerase, Thermus aquaticus
- aquaticus Polymerase, Thermus
- Taq DNA Polymerase
- DNA Polymerase, Taq
- Polymerase, Taq DNA
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Taq Polymerase" by people in Profiles.
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Farias ME, LaPointe DA, Atkinson CT, Czerwonka C, Shrestha R, Jarvi SI. Taqman real-time PCR detects Avipoxvirus DNA in blood of Hawai'i 'amakihi (Hemignathus virens). PLoS One. 2010 May 27; 5(5):e10745.
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Van Ert MN, Easterday WR, Simonson TS, U'Ren JM, Pearson T, Kenefic LJ, Busch JD, Huynh LY, Dukerich M, Trim CB, Beaudry J, Welty-Bernard A, Read T, Fraser CM, Ravel J, Keim P. Strain-specific single-nucleotide polymorphism assays for the Bacillus anthracis Ames strain. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jan; 45(1):47-53.
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U'Ren JM, Van Ert MN, Schupp JM, Easterday WR, Simonson TS, Okinaka RT, Pearson T, Keim P. Use of a real-time PCR TaqMan assay for rapid identification and differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Nov; 43(11):5771-4.
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Ho DL, Byrnes WM, Ma WP, Shi Y, Callaway DJ, Bu Z. Structure-specific DNA-induced conformational changes in Taq polymerase revealed by small angle neutron scattering. J Biol Chem. 2004 Sep 10; 279(37):39146-54.