PCR Allele Competitive Extension (PACE)

PCR allele competitive extension (PACE™) is a marker system to analyze single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). As strongly related technologies like kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP™) or Amplifluor®, PACE is based on a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with two competing allele-specific primers and an endpoint fluorescent measurement. The system requires sequence information surrounding the SNP of interest and a qPCR machine or a fluorescent plate reader.