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Nested polymerase chain reaction (nested PCR) is a modification of polymerase chain reaction intended to reduce non-specific binding in products due to the amplification of unexpected primer binding sites.
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Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction. Nested PCR is a technique that reduces nonspecific amplification of the DNA template. It is performed by two successive PCRs. The first reaction is performed with primers that cover the target sequence and some additional sequence flanking both ends of the target sequence.
Nested PCR is a technique that reduces nonspecific amplification of the DNA template. It is performed by two successive PCRs. The first reaction is performed with primers that cover the target sequence and some additional sequence flanking both ends of the target sequence.
The purpose of nested PCR is to increase assay sensitivity by re-amplifying the target from a template previously enriched by the first PCR. Non-target sequences amplified non-specifically in the first PCR are not re-amplified in the second reaction as they would be unlikely to possess the internal priming sites targeted by the second PCR.
Nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used in situations in which it is necessary to increase the sensitivity and/or specificity of PCR, for example, when amplifying a particular member of a polymorphic gene family or when amplifying a cDNA copy of an mRNA present at very low abundance in a clinical specimen containing a heterogeneous popu...
