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Guide to Plant DNA Extraction
Extracting plant DNA can be a little easier than RNA because DNA is double-stranded, making it more...
Plant RNA Extraction Overview: Methods, Tips, Steps and More
RNA plays an essential role in regulation and gene expression, and functions during plant growth and...
Transduction: P1vir Phage Overview - the mechanisms, characteristics and role in transduction
Transduction for genetic engineering of bacteria, over the years, has been standardized using the mo...
Transduction and Lambda Red Overview
Transduction is a method of bacterial gene transfer mediated by viruses. It is a type of horizontal...
Bacterial Gene Manipulation by Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT)
Genetic manipulation of bacteria, or “genetically engineering” bacteria, involves deletion of its ge...
Bacterial Transformation Deep Dive: What it is, its importance & workflow
Bacterial transformation is a genetic process where bacterial cells take up foreign DNA from the ext...
Molecular Cloning: A Detailed Introduction
Molecular cloning is a primary procedure in contemporary biosciences. This involves introducing a sp...
Intro to Agrobacterium & Plasmids
What is Agrobacterium? Agrobacterium is a naturally occurring soil bacterium with the unique ability...
What is Plant Genetic Transformation?
Plant genetic transformation (PGT) is a process where DNA is introduced into plant cells, tissues, o...