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Title: Chapter 19.02.01 Instructor Animation
Caption: The Polymerase Chain Reaction: Instructor version of student Web Tutorial 19.2 that begins with an overview of the intent of PCR and goes on to describe how Taq polymerase synthesizes new DNA strands off of primers bound to template DNA. The presentation then continues with the three steps of a PCR cycle: Denaturation, Primer Annealing, and Extension. A summary showing the logarithmic increase in DNA sequences over 35 cycles is given. Run time: 3:15
Keywords: DNA polymerase, deoxynucleoside triphosphate, dNTP, nucleotide, polymerase chain reaction, PCR, primer, Taq polymerase