20.109(F12): Quick Facts
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DNA Polymerases
Taq Polymerase
- Taq has an error rate of about 1 in 9000. Reference: an article in the journal Biochemistry, quick info can be found in the abstract.
- So would you use Taq for cloning purposes?
- What is the probability of finding a mutation in a GFP gene PCR-ed up using Taq polymerase?