When do you use TEMPase Hot Start DNA Polymerase?

TEMPase Hot Start has been designed to avoid spurious amplification and to diminish the formation of non specific priming events during your set up. TEMPase Hot Start allows for detection of low target copy numbers and for multiplex PCR in a single reaction tube.

Features

  • Reaction set up at room temperature

Increased

  • Sensitivity
  • Specificity
  • Product yield

Description

TEMPase Hot Start DNA Polymerase is a modified form of Ampliqon Taq DNA Polymerase, which is activated by heat treatment.

A chemical moiety is attached to the enzyme at the active site, which renders the enzyme inactive at room temperature. Thus, during set up and the first ramp of thermal cycling, the enzyme is not active and misprimed primers are not extended.

Once the reaction reaches optimal activating temperature, the chemical moiety is cleaved during a heat activation step, releasing the active TEMPase Hot Start DNA Polymerase into the reaction.

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