Methods and reagents is a unique monthly column that highlights curren
t discussions in the newsgroup bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, available
on the Internet. This month's column discusses the use of additives f
cr optimizing the amount and quality of product obtained through multi
plex and 'long and accurate' polymerase chain reaction (LA-PCR). For d
etails on how to partake in the newsgroup, see the accompanying box.