DNA Modification & Modifying Enzymes

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August 31, 2022

DNA Labeling: Overview Nucleic acid labeling is one of the essential procedures in molecular biology labs to detect and purify nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). Various labeling agents are available today...

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DNase: Definition & Overview of Deoxyribonuclease

April 28, 2022

DNA Modification & Modifying Enzymes

DNase: Definition & Overview of Deoxyribonuclease

What Is DNase? Deoxyribonuclease (DNase) is a class of nuclease enzymes that cleaves the DNA molecule. It breaks the phosphodiester bond formed between two nucleotides of dsDNA or ssDNA, by cleaving e...

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T4 Polynucleotide Kinase: Definition & Overview

April 4, 2022

DNA Modification & Modifying Enzymes

T4 Polynucleotide Kinase: Definition & Overview

Definition of T4 Polynucleotide Kinase Nucleic acids can be modified at the polynucleotide level through many enzymatic reactions. It includes methylation of both DNA and RNA, glycosylation of DNA, an...

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Overview of Recombinase: Definition & Functions

March 21, 2022

DNA Modification & Modifying Enzymes

Overview of Recombinase: Definition & Functions

Definition of Recombinase Recombinase is a family of enzymes that catalyze site-specific recombination events within DNA. Site-specific DNA recombination is a process in which DNA strands are br...

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An Overview of Protein Kinases: Definition & Functions

March 3, 2022

DNA Modification & Modifying Enzymes

An Overview of Protein Kinases: Definition & Functions

Regulation and Function of Protein Kinase There are about 500 protein kinase encoding genes in the human genome which represents 2% of all the human genes. Kinase is the name given to an enzyme that a...

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Exonuclease: Overview & Definition of this Important Enzyme

March 3, 2022

DNA Modification & Modifying Enzymes

Exonuclease: Overview & Definition of this Important Enzyme

Exonuclease Definition In biochemistry, nucleases are a diverse class of hydrolytic enzymes that carry out hydrolysis of phosphodiester bonds of nucleic acids — DNA and RNA. Nucleases attack the hydro...