Tag: DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule present in all living things, and they carry genetic information which determines every characteristic a person can have. DNA contains 4 chemical units: Adenine, Guanine, Thymine and Cytosine. These 4 letters are organised to make genes which contain information to make proteins.
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Effects of Sunlight on DNA and the Immune System
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Sunlight: Friend or Foe? (With reference to the effects of sunlight upon DNA and the immune system discuss the involvement of sunlight in disease.) Is sunlight harmful or beneficial to health? ...
Last modified: 27th May 2020
Expression and characterisation of Green fluorescent protein mutant
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The GFP from the jellyfish Aequora victoria is a small protein consisting of 238 amino acids that has gained widespread scientific attention since the demonstration that the GFP gene can be cloned t...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Scientific and Ethical Considerations of DNA testing
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DNA Testing; Scientific and Ethical Considerations. DNA testing was first used in the 1970s. It is when DNA is taken from a subject and then tested using different techniques developed over the years ...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Transposable DNA Elements
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Most genes occupy fixed sites on the chromosomes. However, researchers have found that some genes (DNA sequences) can actually change position in the chromosomes. These mobile DNA sequences are calle...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
DNA Replication & Body System
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Mahbubul Alam Introduction The ability of a cell to sustain in a disorderly atmosphere depends on the precise duplication of the wide variety of inherited information carried in its DNA. This du...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Extracting and Analysing Plasmid DNA From E.coli
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Introduction Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule present in all living things, and they carry genetic information which determines every characteristic a person can have. DNA contains 4 chemical...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Anti-retroviral Treatment of HIV/AIDs
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The causative agent for Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS is the Human Immunodeficiency virus HIV. These are diploid and enveloped, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses, which have the a...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
