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ArticleBiochemistry and biophysics reports2025

Optimizing PCR amplification of GC-rich nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits from invertebrates.

Muhammad Tanveer Khan, Coralie Belgrano, Lucien Rufener, Tor Einar Horsberg, Marit Jorgensen Bakke

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Article in Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Muhammad Tanveer KhanNorwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aas, Norway.
Coralie BelgranoInvenesis Sarl, Rue de Neuchâtel 15a, St-Blaise, Switzerland.
Lucien RufenerInvenesis Sarl, Rue de Neuchâtel 15a, St-Blaise, Switzerland.
Tor Einar HorsbergNorwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aas, Norway.
Marit Jorgensen BakkeNorwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aas, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a widely used molecular biology technique for amplifying specific DNA sequences. However, amplifying templates with a high GC content (>60 %) poses challenges owing to strong hydrogen bonds and secondary structure formation, hindering DNA polymerase activity and primer annealing. Given these challenges, our study focuses on refining PCR protocols for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits, pivotal for understanding signal transduction in various organisms and potential important drug targets. We optimized the PCR protocol to efficiently amplify the beta1 and alpha1 subunits of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from

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BetaineDMSODNA polymerasesGC-rich geneNicotinic acetylcholine receptor

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PMID40486497
PMCPMC12145843

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