Taq polymerase is an enzyme used in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to synthesize DNA in vitro. It...
Category - Molecular Biology
How Do G Protein Coupled Receptors Work
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) are the most diverse group of membrane receptors in eukaryotes...
Why are Bacteria Used in Recombinant DNA Technology
Recombinant DNA technology is a method of joining DNA of two species and inserting it into a host...
Why is 16s rRNA Used to Identify Bacteria
Bacteria are the most ubiquitous life form on the earth. The biomass of bacteria exceeds that of...
How are Histones Related to Nucleosomes
A diploid human genome consists of around 6 billion base pairs of tightly packaged into 23...
How to Design Primers for Site Directed Mutagenesis
Site-directed mutagenesis (SDM) is an in vitro method of creating a mutation in a known sequence...
How Does DNA Polymerase Prevent Mutations
Mutations are permanent changes of the nucleotide sequence of a particular organism. They may arise...
What is the Effect of DNA Methylation on Gene Expression
Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in the expression of genes or heritable changes in...
How to Make Primers for PCR
Primers are an essential component in the amplification of DNA both in vivo and in vitro. In vivo...
How Does SDS Denature Proteins
The sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) is an electrophoretic...