Takara Bio Inc.

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Kazue Nishiwaki

Ikunoshin Kato

Takashi Uemori

Hiroyuki Mukai

Yoshimi Sato

Shigekazu Hokazono

Nana Shimada

Masayori Inouye

Sangita Phadtare

Ling Zhu

The present invention provides cold shock protein-containing compositions for improved DNA synthesis reactions with improved reactivity, methods for synthesizing DNA using such compositions, kits for use in such methods, and DNA compositions yielded by such methods. The present invention further provides cold shock protein-containing compositions for the identification of endoribonuclease cleavage sites, methods for identifying endoribonuclease cleavage sites using such compositions, and kits for use in such methods.

Cold shock protein compositions and methods and kits for the use thereof

A polypeptide having a high fidelity DNA polymerase activity and thus being useful as a genetic engineering reagent; a gene encoding this polypeptide; a method of producing the polypeptide; and a method of amplifying a nucleic acid by using the polypeptide.

Polypeptides having DNA polymerase activity

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Otsu, Japan

Kazue Nishiwaki