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What is dGTP? Deoxyguanosine triphosphate (dGTP) is a nucleotide with a purine base (guanine), deoxyribose sugar, and three phosphate groups. It’s one of the four dNTPs (deoxynucleoside triphosphate) ...
February 2022
What is a Real-time PCR Master Mix? PCR master mix, as the name suggests, is a premixed solution of all reagents and essential components required to run a PCR assay. It contains dNTPs (dATP, dGTP, dT...
February 2022
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Basics Did you know Mullis and Michael Smith won the Nobel Prize for discovering the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in 1983? This groundbreaking technology-enabled sci...
February 2022
What is Deoxycytidine Triphosphate (dCTP)? 2′-deoxycytidine 5′-triphosphate (or dCTP) is a nucleoside triphosphate (a nucleotide), containing cytosine as its pyrimidine base. It also...
February 2022
Conformity Assessment: Requirements for Certification Bodies Certifying Products, Processes, & Services ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical...
February 2022
What is dTTP? 2′-deoxythymidine 5′-triphosphate (or dTTP) is one of the nucleotide bases among three other dNTPs (deoxynucleoside triphosphate)—dATP, dGTP, and dCTP—that are involved in th...
February 2022
What is the Joint Commission International (JCI)? The Joint Commission International (JCI) is a non-profit, U.S-based, international accreditation organization that certifies healthcare companie...
February 2022
What is CRISPR-Cas9? To understand CRISPR-Cas9, we must first get familiar with gene editing. Gene editing is the process of changing an organism’s genetic code or genome. Also referred to as genome e...
February 2022
What is Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)? Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction is a molecular technique commonly called RT-PCR. PCR stands for polymerase chain react...
February 2022
What is dATP? Deoxyadenosine triphosphate (dATP) is a nucleotide that is used as a building block in DNA synthesis, during both in vivo replication and transcription and in vitro replication technique...
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