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New England Biolabs' NEBuilder HiFi DNA Assembly Cloning Kit and Master Mix

Jan 30, 2015

New England Biolabs has introduced its NEBuilder HiFi DNA Assembly Cloning Kit and Master Mix for one-step cloning and multiple DNA fragment assembly in as little as 15 minutes. The proprietary DNA polymerase in the NEBuilder HiFi enzyme mix results in extremely accurate fragment assemblies and cloning junctions, and can assemble DNA fragments ranging from 100 bp to at least 19 kb, NEB said.

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