DNA template

From Molecular Biology Wiki

DNA template is the DNA that is used for PCR which contains the region of the DNA fragment to be amplified.

Also see template strand for DNA replication and PCR template.

Two primers are used to determine the start and end of the region to be amplified.

Types of DNA Templates

DNA templates can simply be crude extracted DNA, vector or plasmid DNA, even cDNA.

DNA Template Preparation for PCR

You can prepare DNA for PCR by mini-prep, midi-prep or maxi-prep if you are preparing plasmids from bacteria.