The techniques used to study molecular biology of nucleic acids are:- 1. Gel electrophoresis 2. Use of restriction endonucleases 3. DNA hybridization 4. Hybridization probes 5. Isolation of specific segments of DNA 6. DNA cloning 7. Cloning DNA in plasmid vectors 8. Vector DNA can be introduced into host organisms by transformation 9. Libraries of DNA molecules can be created [...]
The following points highlight the nine important types of metal-nucleic acid interactions. Some of the types are:- 1. Coordination 2. Intercalation and Hydrogen Bonding 3. Fundamental Reactions with Nucleic Acids 4. Structural Role of Metal/Nucleic Acid Interactions 5. Regulatory Role of Metal/Nucleic Acid Interactions 6. Pharmaceutical Role of Metal/Nucleic Acid Interactions and Others. Type # 1. Coordination: Most prevalent among [...]
Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) act as genetic material in all organisms and viruses: 1. Evidences from Bacteria 2. Evidence from Bacteriophages 3. Evidence from Bacterial Conjugation 4. Evidence from RNA Viruses. 1. Evidences from Bacteria: For the first time, an English Health officer, Frederick Griffith (1928) gave an experimental evidence that the DNA was the genetic material. He took [...]