Cultured microorganisms produce an extraordinary array of structurally diverse and valuable organic compounds; however, microbes that can be brought into culture by standard techniques represent only ...
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CpG islands are areas of DNA containing a high CpG content, which often correspond to promoter regions.
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Cultured microorganisms produce an extraordinary array of structurally diverse and valuable organic compounds; however, microbes that can be cultured using standard techniques represent only a small f...
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Because they retain large DNA inserts over many generations, bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) are popular vectors for genetic and expression analyses of genomic DNA libraries; however, their us...
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Microorganisms adapted to grow in exceptionally harsh environments, such as hot springs and arctic soils, are a potentially vast source of novel metabolic processes, antibiotics, enzymes and other pro...
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Microorganisms adapted to grow in exceptionally harsh environments, such as hot springs and arctic soils, are a potentially vast source of novel metabolic processes, antibiotics, enzymes and other pro...
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Actinomycetes, which are Gram-positive filamentous bacteria, produce the majority of known antibiotics. Fungus-growing Attine ants engage in a mutualistic association with actinomycetes to defend thei...
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Functional genomics involves identifying the function of all genes within a sequenced genome. Knockout mutants may be used to identify the in situ function of any gene, without making assumptions abou...
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Cultured microorganisms produce an extraordinary array of structurally diverse and valuable organic compounds; however, microbes that can be cultured using standard techniques represent only a small f...
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Cultured microorganisms produce an extraordinary array of structurally diverse and valuable organic compounds; however, microbes that can be cultured using standard techniques represent only a small f...
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Quorum sensing is a process used by some bacteria to coordinate behavior based on local population density. To communicate, bacteria release signaling molecules into the environment. When a certain nu...
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Dioxin is a highly toxic environmental pollutant that acts primarily through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Exposure to dioxin has adverse effects on the immune, nervous, endocrine and reproductive sy...
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