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Similarly, OCP ligation/ERCA can be used to accurately genotype PCR products in a biallelic format, where the probes for both alleles are present in a single reaction [ 3 ] . The OCP ligation/ERCA method is based on ligation dependent circularization of allele specific DNA probes followed by exponential rolling circle amplification of the circularized probes [ 4 5 ] . ERCA probes have also been variously described as 'padlock probes' [ 6 7 ] or 'circularizable probes' [ 4 ] . Although OCP ligation/ERCA can be used to genotype PCR products, it also provides a means for directly genotyping genomic DNA without requiring an initial amplification of the genomic DNA locus.
Of course, both the president and the GOP leadership have piously embraced the notion of a "lockbox" for the trust fund surpluses, but each doubts the strength of the other's padlock construction.