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    DNA polymerase II (also known as DNA Pol II or Pol II) is a prokaryotic DNA-dependent DNA polymerase encoded by the PolB gene. DNA Polymerase II is an...
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    A DNA polymerase is a member of a family of enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of DNA molecules from nucleoside triphosphates, the molecular precursors...
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    DNA polymerase I (or Pol I) is an enzyme that participates in the process of prokaryotic DNA replication. Discovered by Arthur Kornberg in 1956, it was...
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  • as DNA polymerase II. Pfu DNA polymerase has superior thermostability and proofreading properties compared with Taq DNA polymerase. Unlike Taq DNA polymerase...
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    DNA polymerase III holoenzyme is the primary enzyme complex involved in prokaryotic DNA replication. It was discovered by Thomas Kornberg (son of Arthur...
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    DNA polymerase (DNA-directed DNA polymerase, DdDP) Family A: DNA polymerase I; Pol γ, θ, ν Family B: DNA polymerase II; Pol α, δ, ε, ζ Family C: DNA polymerase...
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    In molecular biology, RNA polymerase (abbreviated RNAP or RNApol), or more specifically DNA-directed/dependent RNA polymerase (DdRP), is an enzyme that...
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    Taq polymerase is a thermostable DNA polymerase I named after the thermophilic eubacterial microorganism Thermus aquaticus, from which it was originally...
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    Thermostable DNA polymerases are DNA polymerases that originate from thermophiles, usually bacterial or archaeal species, and are therefore thermostable...
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    The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method widely used to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly, allowing scientists...
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