20.109(S07): Start-up expression engineering
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Learn a little about the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) since you will perform these reactions next time. It is described in most biology textbooks so you could start there. Alternatively, the internet has some nice animations of the process, for example
- http://www.dnai.org/b/index.html (follow the links through “techniques” and "amplifying DNA”)
- or try: http://www.dnalc.org/shockwave/pcranwhole.html