摘要 |
Disclosed is a method of treating a solution prior to a DNA amplification reaction, including the steps of: (a) taking a base solution, which is void of template DNA for an amplification reaction, (b) mixing a binding agent which has at least one active form and at least one inactive form with the base solution, (c) subjecting the mixture from (b) to an external stimulus which converts the binding agent from an inactive to active form, causing the binding agent to bind to any contaminating DNA in the base solution so that the contaminating DNA is unreactive and is not co-amplified when the solution is subsequently utilised in a DNA amplification reaction during which the template DNA is added, (d) removing the external stimulus thereby converting the binding agent from an active to an inactive form.
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