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Offline Amahia11

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What is in a PCR Master Mix and why do we need each component?
« on: February 28, 2010, 04:54:08 AM »
so what IS the master miX? and why do we need each component?

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Re: What is in a PCR Master Mix and why do we need each component?
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2010, 12:14:42 PM »
Here's a good starting point (a better starting point would be to look up an explanation of PCR in a biology textbook):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction#PCR_principles_and_procedure

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