Fig. 5.
Enzyme activity after dry storage in Std 17 GF with different preservation formulations (Table 1) and temperatures. The results are mean of 5 replicates, and error bars are standard deviation. (a) Nicking enzyme assay showed decreased activity at elevated temperatures of storage after 15 days. (b) Polymerase activity does not seem to decrease appreciably over storage temperatures except for formulation with trehalose and PEG. PEG was overall detrimental to the storage of both the enzymes.