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T7 DNA polymerase

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6465879

A method is described for determining the nucleotide base sequence of a DNA molecule, comprising: annealing the DNA molecule with a primer molecule able to hybridize to the DNA molecule; incubating separate portions of the annealed mixture in at least four vessels, each vessel containing four different deoxynucleoside triphosphates, a processive T7-type DNA polymerase, wherein the polymerase remains bound to the DNA molecule for at least 500 bases before dissociating in an environmental condition used in the extension reaction of a DNA sequencing reaction, separating the DNA products of each incubating reaction according to their size, whereby at least a part of the nucleotide base sequence of the DNA molecule can be determined.

Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
Patent Number(s):
US 4795699
OSTI ID:
6465879
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English