Biology A-Level
Applications in analysing nucleic acids and proteins
What Applications in analysing nucleic acids and proteins means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Applications in analysing nucleic acids and proteins
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Uses include checking PCR products, restriction digests and plasmid digests, separating DNA fragments for sequencing or blotting, and separating proteins for analysis such as Western blotting.
Topics that use Applications in analysing nucleic acids and proteins
- Manipulating genomes (OCR A-Level)
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