Myoglobin as a polymerase chain reaction
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Laurent BΓ©lec; Jeacute;rΓ΄me Authier; Marie-Christine Eliezer-Vanerot; CΓ©cille Pi
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Skeletal muscle tissue contains polymerase chain reaction (PCR) inhibitors that are coextracted by conventional nucleic acid extraction procedures. Myoglobin, a heme-containing molecule, was shown to act as a potent Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase inhibitor and is likely to be involved in muscle ti