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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Biochem. 2009 May 12;391(2):85–90. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.05.010

Table 2.

Characteristic summary of various DNA polymerases

DNA polymerases miRNA as primer dATP dATPαS
DNA polymerase I + 1 +++ ND2
Bst DNA polymerase + +++ +
Therminator™ + +++ +++
Taq − − −
exo− Klenow fragment + +++ +++
1

“+” means the capability to use miRNA as primer, incorporate dATP or dATPαS. “−” means no capability. The efficiency increases with the increase of “+”.

2

ND – Not detectable.