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  • proper noun Abbreviation of Thermus aquaticus.

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Examples

  • Thermus aquaticus, from which the heat-stable enzyme known as Taq polymerase was later isolated.

    Penn State Live 2008

  • Baghdad and the KRG recently put aside long-standing differences to export from Kurdistan's Taq Taq and the Tawke field, managed by Norway's DNO International.

    Iraq Might Ask Shell to Take Over Exxon Field Hassan Hafidh 2011

  • The region recently scored an endorsement from former BP PLC Chief Executive Tony Hayward , whose latest venture is betting heavily on the Taq Taq field in the village of the same name, operated by Genel Energy PLC, following Genel's merger with Mr. Hayward's Vallares PLC investment vehicle.

    Iraq Might Ask Shell to Take Over Exxon Field Hassan Hafidh 2011

  • Genel has stakes in the Taq Taq and the Tawke oil fields.

    Former BP Chief in Deal With Big Iraq Oil Producer Selina Williams 2011

  • Genel has so far sunk 16 wells in the Taq Taq field and plans to drill more next year.

    Iraq Might Ask Shell to Take Over Exxon Field Hassan Hafidh 2011

  • At left, an oil pipeline carries crude from the Taq Taq Well No. 1 to tanker trucks, but the companies that own the field still have no way to ship the oil to the export market.

    An Oasis of Oil in Kurdistan 2008

  • When I first learned how to do PCR, my hands would get all sweaty when handling Taq aliquots.

    Money Crunch 2005

  • The FederalCourt for the Northern District of California ruled in 1999 and reaffirmedthis past May that the patent for Taq could not be enforced against anyone because it had been obtained with a series of false material statements thatwere intentionally made to the United States Patent Office, which even included the fabrication of experimental data.

    The 271 Patent Blog Peter Zura 2004

  • The FederalCourt for the Northern District of California ruled in 1999 and reaffirmedthis past May that the patent for Taq could not be enforced against anyone because it had been obtained with a series of false material statements thatwere intentionally made to the United States Patent Office, which even included the fabrication of experimental data.

    Archive 2004-08-01 Peter Zura 2004

  • The claim filed in Virginia seeks recovery of what could be hundreds of millions of dollars in wrongful payments for Taq DNA Polymerase by theGovernment to Hoffmann-La Roche and Applera.

    Archive 2004-08-01 Peter Zura 2004

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