Once upon a time, in a laboratory not so far away, there were two polynucleotide chains that coiled around each other to form a double helix. They lived happily in a small test tube surrounded by molecules of Tris-HCL and…
Tag: Polymerase Chain Reaction
Putting the P in PCR: Taq Polymerase
Taq polymerase is a powerhouse molecule of biotechnology! Daily it’s used to solve crimes, diagnose diseases, personalize medical treatments, monitor food, and power synthetic biology creations – to name just a few. In 1989 it was named Molecule of the…
Resources for teaching the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
The polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a biotechnology technique where we create millions of copies of a specific DNA sequence in vitro. (For more about the basics of PCR, check out our past blog post. There is a lot…
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