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Thermal cycler

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blocks to achieve fast temperature changes and uniform temperature throughout the block. Other cyclers have multiple blocks with high heat capacity, each of which is kept at a constant temperature, and the reaction tubes are moved between them by means of an automated process. Miniaturized thermal
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Modern thermal cyclers are equipped with a heated lid that presses against the lids of the reaction tubes. This prevents condensation of water from the reaction mixtures on the insides of the lids. Traditionally, a layer of
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Higgins, James A.; Nasarabadi, Shanavaz; Karns, Jeffrey S.; Shelton, Daniel R.; Cooper, Mary; Gbakima, Aiah; Koopman, Ronald P. (1 August 2003). "A handheld real time thermal cycler for bacterial pathogen detection".
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with holes where tubes holding the reaction mixtures can be inserted. The cycler then raises and lowers the temperature of the block in discrete, pre-programmed steps.
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function to allow for different temperatures in different parts of the block. This is particularly useful when testing suitable annealing temperatures for PCR
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was used for this purpose. Some thermal cyclers are equipped with a fully adjustable heated lid to allow for nonstandard or diverse types of PCR plasticware.
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cyclers have been created in which the reaction mixture moves via channel through hot and cold zones on a
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A very early PCR machine which, rather than cycling through different temperatures, uses three different
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Weier, HU; Gray, JW (Jul–Aug 1988). "A programmable system to perform the polymerase chain reaction".
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have optical systems which enable fluorescence to be monitored during reaction cycling.
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Some thermal cyclers are equipped with multiple blocks allowing several different
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Baby Blue, a prototype automated thermal cycler built around 1986
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at constant temperatures between which samples are moved with a
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The earliest thermal cyclers were designed for use with the
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to be carried out simultaneously. Some models also have a
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is commonly used. Quality thermal cyclers often contain
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apparatus most commonly used to amplify segments of
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laboratory
DNA
polymerase chain reaction
restriction enzyme


water baths
robotic arm
Klenow fragment
DNA polymerase I
pipettor
thermostable DNA polymerase
Thermus aquaticus
Peltier element
silver
microfluidic
quantitative PCR

mineral oil
PCRs
primers
PMID
3203600
doi
10.1016/S0956-5663(02)00252-X
"The Most "Advanced" Thermal Cycler Yet - Get Informed"
OpenPCR
PCR Machine Service Provider (UK)
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