Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134477206
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 3CT
A thermocycler uses DNA polymerase from hypenhermophilic prokaryotes, but it cannot use DNA polymerase derived from E. coli. Why not?
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Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
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