Molecular Biology

Articles relating to Molecular Biology:

Changing the Language of DNA by Jed Shimizu	Quadruplet codons expand the genetic code, allowing researchers to work with unnatural amino acids	more »
DNA Fingerprinting in the Standardization of Herbs and Nutraceuticals by Harish Vasudevan	Basic DNA fingerprinting techniques and how they are used in the nutraceutical industry	more »
BAC Vectors by Kevin She	Giant BAC vectors allow researchers to use very large clones.	more »
Genetics of Sex & Gender Identity by Tammy L. Romanuik	A look at the role played by genetics in the determination of sex and gender identity.	more »
Genetics of Intelligence by Farnoosh Tayyari	How genes influence the development of intelligence	more »
Genetic Studies of Aging & Longevity in model organisms by Ji Yuan	Model systems such as C. elegans are used in studies of longevity.	more »
A Brief Tour of DNA fingerprinting by Christine Antler	What is exactly are they looking at when a DNA fingerprint is done?	more »
A Monks Flourishing Garden by D. M. Secko	A short introduction to the history of molecular biology.	more »
Restriction Endonucleases by M. Simmer & D. Secko	A description of the discovery and use of restriction enzymes.	more »
Antisense RNA by Christine Antler	From a deeper shade of purple to commercial food production, aRNA can be used to inhibit the synthesis of specific targeted proteins.	more »
A Yeast Two-Hybrid System by Solmaz Sobhanifar	Using yeast and plasmids to investigate how proteins interact within the cell.	more »
Painless Gene Expression Profiling by Chan Ho Song & Michelle Wyse	SAGE (Serial Analysis of Gene Expresson) provides a rapid means of determining all of the transcripts present within a cell and is capable of providing scientists with a functional profile of gene expression.	more »
Identifying DNA, RNA, or Proteins by Christine Antler	A quick overview of the Southern Blot.	more »
Flow Cytometry by Megan Simmer	Flow cytometry is a technology that allows a single cell to be measured and sorted based on a variety of characteristics.	more »
Mass Spectrometry by Alexander Schramm	What is mass spectrometry?	more »
Polymerase Chain Reaction by Christine Antler	What is PCR and how is it used?	more »
*Targeting your DNA with the Cre/lox* System** by Alfred Pechisker	How Cre/lox works and why it is important.	more »
Spot your Genes—An Overview of the MicroArray by B. Coe & C. Antler	Enter the microarray: a technological advance that within the last 7 or 8 years has allowed scientists to study many, if not all, of an organism’s genes at once	more »