Month: April 2017

Advantages and Disadvantages of Animal Cell Culture (Notes)

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animal cell culture advantages and limitations

Advantages and Disadvantages of Cell Culture: Tissue culture is an aseptic in vitro culture of animal or plant cells in a precisely controlled environmental condition. The term “Tissue Culture” was for the first time coined by Thomas Burrows. Even though the in vitro culture of prokaryotes and both plant and animal cells are possible now, … Read more

Applications of Restriction Endonucleases in Biotechnology (Short Notes)

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Restriction enzymes in Genetic Engineering

Restriction Endonucleases Restriction endonucleases (also called as molecular scissors) are a class of nuclease enzymes which cut the DNA strand at precise locations. They are specific endonuclease enzymes in the cells which first recognize the specific sequence (called restriction sites) within the DNA strand and cleave the phosphodiester backbone of the DNA at specific sites. … Read more

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