[The factors affecting the efficiency of mutiplex PCR].

Yi Chuan

National Laboratories for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.

Published: January 2003

In the research,the outputs of different cycle parameters, PCR buffer and reaction volumes are compared. The results indicated that the annealing temperature, annealing time, elongated time and ingredient of PCR buffer affected mutiplex PCR, but the reaction volume and cycle number had few effect on it.

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