Publications

• OmniTaq and Omni Klentaq:

Kermekchiev M.B., Kirilova L.I., Vail E.E., and Barnes W.M.
Mutants of Taq DNA polymerase resistant to PCR inhibitors allow DNA amplification from whole blood and crude soil samples.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Apr;37(5):e40.Acids Research, 2009. 

• PCR Enhancer Cocktails (PEC):

Zhang Z., Kermekchiev M.B., and Barnes W.M.
Direct DNA Amplification from Crude Clinical Samples Using a PCR Enhancer Cocktail and Novel Mutants of Taq.  Journal Mol Diagn 2010 12(2): 152-161.

• CesiumTaq and Cesium Klentaq:

Kermekchiev M.B, Tzekov A., and Barnes W.M.
Cold-sensitive mutants of Taq DNA polymerase provide a hot start for PCR
Nucleic Acids Research. 2003; 31(21): 6139-6147.

• RockStart:

Barnes W.M. and Rowlyk K.R.
Magnesium precipitate hot start method for PCR.
Mol Cell Probes. 2002 Jun;16(3):167-71.Molecular and Cellular Probes, 2002.

• Klentaq and KlentaqLA: 

Barnes W.M.
PCR amplification of up to 35-kb DNA with high fidelity and high yield from lambda bacteriophage templates.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 March 15; 91(6): 2216–2220.