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Article Dans Une Revue Nucleic Acids Research Année : 1990

DNA recombination during PCR

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PCR co-amplification of two distinct HIV1 tat gene sequences lead to the formation of recombinant DNA molecules. The frequency of such recombinants, up to 5.4% of all amplified molecules, could be decreased 2.7 fold by a 6 fold increase in Taq DNA polymerase elongation time. Crossover sites mapped essentially to three discrete regions suggesting specific Taq DNA polymerase pause or termination sites. PCR mediated recombination may be a problem when studying heterogeneous genetic material such as RNA viruses, multigene families, or repetitive sequences. This phenomenon can be exploited to create chimeric molecules from related sequences.

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pasteur-03520139 , version 1 (10-01-2022)

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Andreas Meyerhans, Jean Pierre Vartanian, Simon Wain-Hobson. DNA recombination during PCR. Nucleic Acids Research, 1990, 18 (7), pp.1687-1691. ⟨10.1093/nar/18.7.1687⟩. ⟨pasteur-03520139⟩

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