Molecular

Fun Facts About Cellular Respiration Cellular respiration is a complex, multi-step process that releases energy stored in glucose gradually and efficiently. This stepwise method prevents sudden energy bursts that could...

GFP qPCR Primers: Essential Tools for Gene Expression Analysis GFP qPCR primers are short sequences of nucleotides designed to specifically amplify the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene during quantitative PCR...

Distinguishing Between RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase, RNA-Dependent DNA Polymerase, and Related Enzymes RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) synthesizes RNA from an RNA template, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase synthesizes DNA from an RNA template,...

Understanding Primer Design for PCR Primer design for PCR requires creating two primers of about 20 base pairs each: a forward primer copied from the 5’ end of the target...

Are Untranslated Regions (UTRs) and Stop Codons Considered Non-Coding? Untranslated regions (UTRs) of mRNA are generally considered non-coding because they do not encode amino acids, while the stop codon, despite...

Tips for Staining DNA PAGE Gels SYBR Gold is the most sensitive and effective dye for staining DNA PAGE gels, though it is relatively costly compared to other options. It...