Commercial-Use PCR Selection Guide

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	Titanium Taq SP DNA Polymerase	PrimeSTAR GXL SP DNA Polymerase
General characteristics	Sensitive and robust performance	Excellent all-around performance on a variety of templates
General characteristics	Specially formulated for commercial and OEM use
Applications	Multiplex PCR Whole-genome PCR SNP assays Genotyping (including mammalian samples) Primer extension Rare template amplification Preparative PCR	Amplification prior to NGS Long PCR Sequencing Cloning PCR with GC-rich, AT-rich, or repetitive sequences Amplification of rare alleles PCR with limiting sample amounts
Amplicon size
gDNA	<2 kb	<30 kb
Plasmid/lambda	<2 kb	<40 kb
cDNA	<4 kb	<13.5 kb
Enzyme properties/features
3′–5′ exonuclease activity		✔
T/A overhangs or blunt ends	T/A	Blunt
Fidelity (sequencing)		6.5X Taq (GC-rich target)
Speed		10 sec/kb (rapid protocol)
GC-rich targets		Up to 73%
Hot start	✔	✔
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