PP271, a novel bacteriophage primase-polymerase, enables Primer-Free DNA Amplification
A. Jimenez-Mejias, S. Guerra-Gonzalez, R. Olmos, I. Lazaro, L. Blanco, Maria Isabel Martinez-Jimenez
This paper characterizes PP271, a novel bacteriophage PrimPol enzyme, showing it can synthesize DNA primers that are efficiently extended by Phi29 DNA polymerase for primer-free amplification.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry