About The Medical Condition Polymerase Chain Reaction

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Polymerase Chain Reaction

Polymerase Chain Reaction Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Polymerase Chain Reaction Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Polymerase Chain Reaction?

In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short oligonucleotide flanking sequences (primers). The essential steps include thermal denaturation of the double-stranded target molecules, annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences, and extension of the annealed primers by enzymatic synthesis with DNA polymerase. The reaction is efficient, specific, and extremely sensitive. Uses for the reaction include disease diagnosis, detection of difficult-to-isolate pathogens, mutation analysis, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, and analyzing evolutionary relationships.

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