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We have established a method by which the performance of reverse transcriptase coupled polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for seeking a new gene is improved. The actual procedure is quite easy: it is only to add several specific oligonucleotides into the reaction mixture of the usual RT-PCR. To verify the effectiveness of this method is also easy: it is only to detect the PCR products in the preliminary experiment. The finding in the present study provides valuable information for gene cloning tactics.
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Matsuda, S., Ichigotani, Y., Okuda, T. et al. Intercept-PCR, an improvement for elevating performance to find a new member of a certain gene family. Mol Biotechnol 16, 1–4 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1385/MB:16:1:01
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