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CRISPR & Genome Editing

CRISPR and gene editing resources on tools, reagents, and more.

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DNA and protein electrophoresis resources on tools and more.

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Resources on DNA modification reagents, tools, and more.

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Enzyme Linked-Immunosorbent Assay

Resources on ELISA reagents, tools, and more.

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Protein Purification & Isolation

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Coomassie Blue Staining: Definition & Overview
May 9, 2022
 
Electrophoresis

Coomassie Blue Staining: Definition & Overview

Definition: Coomassie Blue Stains Coomassie Brilliant Blue is a family of dyes that are routinely used in labs for protein staining protocols, performed after SDS-PAGE or polyacrylamide gel electropho...

Electrophoresis
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What Is Guide RNA (gRNA)? Definitions & Applications
April 30, 2022
 
CRISPR

What Is Guide RNA (gRNA)? Definitions & Applications

What Is Guide RNA (gRNA)? Gene editing, also known as genome engineering, is a revolutionary technique that modifies DNA to treat disease and improve human health. Among such techniques is the C...

CRISPR
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Plasmids: Definition, Types, & Applications
April 29, 2022
 
CRISPR

Plasmids: Definition, Types, & Applications

What Are Plasmids? Plasmids are small, circular, extrachromosomal, double-stranded DNA molecules, naturally found in bacterial species. However, their presence has also been found in some archaea and ...

CRISPR
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DNase: Definition & Overview of Deoxyribonuclease
April 28, 2022
 
DNA Modification

DNase: Definition & Overview of Deoxyribonuclease

What Is DNase? Deoxyribonuclease (DNase) is a class of nuclease enzymes that cleaves the DNA molecule. It breaks the phosphodiester bond formed between two nucleotides of dsDNA or ssDNA, by cleaving e...

DNA Modification
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Deoxynucleotide Triphosphates (dNTP): Definition & Overview
April 20, 2022
 
PCR & DNA Amplification

Deoxynucleotide Triphosphates (dNTP): Definition & Overview

What Is dNTP? Nucleoside triphosphate is a biomolecule involved in building nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). Structurally, they contain nitrogenous bases bound to a ribose sugar and three phosphates. And,...

PCR & DNA Amplification
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What Is Protein Gel Electrophoresis? Definition & Overview
April 4, 2022
 
Electrophoresis

What Is Protein Gel Electrophoresis? Definition & Overview

Protein gel electrophoresis, or simply protein electrophoresis, is a common technique used in laboratories to separate biomolecules, including DNA, RNA, and proteins, based on size or molecular weight...

Electrophoresis
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T4 Polynucleotide Kinase: Definition & Overview
April 4, 2022
 
DNA Modification

T4 Polynucleotide Kinase: Definition & Overview

Definition of T4 Polynucleotide Kinase Nucleic acids can be modified at the polynucleotide level through many enzymatic reactions. It includes methylation of both DNA and RNA, glycosylation of DNA, an...

DNA Modification
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Overview of Recombinase: Definition & Functions
March 21, 2022
 
DNA Modification

Overview of Recombinase: Definition & Functions

Definition of Recombinase Recombinase is a family of enzymes that catalyze site-specific recombination events within DNA. Site-specific DNA recombination is a process in which DNA strands are br...

DNA Modification
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Exonuclease: Overview & Definition of this Important Enzyme
March 3, 2022
 
DNA Modification

Exonuclease: Overview & Definition of this Important Enzyme

Exonuclease Definition In biochemistry, nucleases are a diverse class of hydrolytic enzymes that carry out hydrolysis of phosphodiester bonds of nucleic acids — DNA and RNA. Nucleases attack the hydro...

DNA Modification
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An Overview of Protein Kinases: Definition & Functions
March 3, 2022
 
DNA Modification

An Overview of Protein Kinases: Definition & Functions

Regulation and Function of Protein Kinase There are about 500 protein kinase encoding genes in the human genome which represents 2% of all the human genes. Kinase is the name given to an enzyme that a...

DNA Modification
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What Are Endonucleases? Definition & Functions
February 18, 2022
 
DNA Modification

What Are Endonucleases? Definition & Functions

What Are Endonucleases? Various enzymes are involved in tampering with DNA by breaking and forming the bonds between nucleotides. One is a nuclease, a class of enzyme that hydrolyzes the polynucleotid...

DNA Modification
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What Is DNA Methyltransferase? Definition & Functions
February 18, 2022
 
DNA Modification

What Is DNA Methyltransferase? Definition & Functions

Methyltransferase Definition Methyltransferases are a group of enzymes that add a methyl group to their substrates. Over 95% of this group of enzymes use S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) as their methyl don...

DNA Modification