Optimization multiplex PCR

Multiplex PCR is one of the many variants routinely performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Its advantage is especially rapid detection of a large number of products in one reaction using multiple primer sets. Optimization of the multiplex PCR protocol is important also for genes of metallothionein isoforms, so that we can carry out the amplification of more than one DNA sequence. Necessary part of this proces is the adjustments in temperature during the reaction steps and also intervention with the changes in the concentration of individual reagents and different combinations or the amount of each primer.

Figure 1: Protocol optimization multiplex PCR. Adapted from the ^fourth

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