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Novel Applications of Locked Nucleic Acids
Nucleic Acid Center, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK – 5230 Odense M, Denmark
*Corresponding Author. E-mail: jwe{at}ifk.sdu.dk
Abstract
Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) nucleoside triphosphates were prepared and their substrate properties for different polymerases during primer extension and PCR experiments investigated. PhusionTM High Fidelity DNA polymerase and 9°NmTM DNA polymerase readily accept LNA nucleoside 5'-triphosphates as substrates in primer extension assays. However, in PCR assays, However, in PCR assays, DNA 9oNmTM polymerase proved to be the best for amplification employing the LNA-A nucleotide.