Recombination reagents

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The methods involved in the production of proteins in microbes are those of gene expression. Several plasmids for expression of proteins having affinity tails at the C- or N-terminus of the protein have been developed. These tails are usefiil in the isolation of recombinant proteins. Most of these vectors are commercially available along with the reagents that are necessary for protein purification. A majority of recombinant proteins that have been attempted have been produced in E. Coli (1). In most cases these recombinant proteins formed aggregates resulting in the formation of inclusion bodies. These inclusion bodies must be denatured and refolded to obtain active protein, and the affinity tails are usefiil in the purification of the protein. Some of the methods described herein involve identification of functional domains in proteins (see also Protein engineering). 

Isolation and manipulation of DNA, including end-to-end joining of sequences from very different sources to make chimeric molecules (eg, molecules containing both human and bacterial DNA sequences in a sequence-independent fashion), is the essence of recombinant DNA research. This involves several unique techniques and reagents. 

It is critical to keep in mind that existing reagents can be used for multiple formats. Eor example, polyclonal antibodies dominate the environmental field because they generally provide greater sensitivity and specificity for small molecules at a much lower cost than do monoclonal or recombinant antibodies. With some biosensors monoclonal or engineered antibodies or recombinant binding proteins may offer advantages. 

Heterogeneous recombination of active particles and their interaction with molecules of the adlayer are simplest processes of this type. The rates of such reactions as functions of surface coverage by the specified reagents are fully determined by the rate of their surface diffusion towards active centers. In a number of cases, the rate of lateral diffusion is determined not only by the type of diffusing particle, but also (sometimes, predominantly) by the composition and state of the solid substrate surface. Taking into account the role played by the composi-... 

Figure 7. Schematic diagram of a flowing-afterglow electron-ion experiment. The diameter of flow tubes is typically 5 to 10 cm and the length is 1 to 2 meters. The carrier gas (helium) enters through the discharge and flows with a velocity of 50 to 100 m/s towards the downstream end of the tube where it exits into a fast pump. Recombination occurs mainly in the region 10 to 20 cm downstream from the movable reagent inlet, at which the ions under study are produced by ion-molecule reactions. The Langmuir probe measures the variation of the electron density in that region. A differentially pumped mass spectrometer is used to determine which ion species are present in the plasma.

Despite the higher selectivity of enzymatic methyl transfer over chemical methylation, where toxic or hazardous reagents are often employed, such as methyl sulfonate and diazomethane, the synthetic applications of these enzymes have been largely ignored primarily as a result of high costs associated with the cofactor SAM. Recent efforts have been directed to in vivo methylation, where SAM may be regenerated inside cells. For example, methyl benzoate production was engineered in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae and in vivo... 

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