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12 Biology Biotechnology and its Applications - Set No : 12 Question No :8

Question No : 8
               Enzyme that is used in PCR technology is     

                a)          Taq polymerase          b)          Polymerase     

                c)          Helicase          d)          Reverse transcriptase     

Answer No : 8
     (a)The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a technique by which small samples of DNA can be quickly amplified.  The repeated amplification is achieved by the use of thermostable DNA polymerase, i.e., (Taq-polymerase isolated from a bacterium, Thermus aquaticus) which remain active during the high temperature induced denaturation of double-stranded DNA.      

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