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Why Is a Heat-Stable DNA Polymerase from a Thermophilic Bacterium

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Why is a heat-stable DNA polymerase from a thermophilic bacterium (the Taq polymerase) used in the polymerase chain reaction rather than a DNA polymerase from E.coli or humans?

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The PCR technique involves heating the r...

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