Table 2 The properties of nucleic acid amplification technology

Technology	Target nucleic acid	Polymerase	Temperature	Reference
PCR	DNA, RNA	Taq DNA polymerase	Changed	Saiki et al., 1988
Real-time PCR	DNA, RNA	Taq DNA polymerase	Changed	Heid et al., 1996
RCA	DNA	Phi29 DNA polymerase	Isothermal	Lizardi et al., 1998
LCR	DNA	Taq DNA polymerase	Changed	Barany, 1991
NASBA	RNA	T7 RNA polymerase	Isothermal	Kievits et al., 1991
LAMP	DNA, RNA	Bst DNA polymerase	Isothermal	Notomi et al., 2000