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Degraded

Degraded

1. Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base. The Netherlands . . . Were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. (Motley)

2. (Science: biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts. Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. (Dana)

3. [Cf. F. Degre step.

Having steps; said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; termed also on degrees.


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Durability of steedman's wax embedded samples for FISH

... later I tried to make another FISH but it didn't work. Does somebody know, if maybe my embedded samples are too old - maybe the ribosomes are degraded?

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by Sibylle
Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:49 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Durability of steedman's wax embedded samples for FISH
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Electroporation

... that they are being incubated too long. What might be the cause of this? The only thing I can think might be the problem is her antibiotic being degraded/the wrong concentration? (ampicillin) Any other ideas would be gratefully received

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by lilruthc
Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:19 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Electroporation
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Re: Recombinant DNA not degraded inside transformed cells, why?

I found some explanation here: (last paragraph) http://www.tru.ca/faculty/dnelson/courses/biol335/335notes/3recdna/1-restriction/recDNA1.html Thanks.

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by Holmes
Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:25 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Recombinant DNA not degraded inside transformed cells, why?
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Re: Recombinant DNA not degraded inside transformed cells, why?

Here's one from PLOS Genetics today, right on time. Zhang G, Wang W, Deng A, Sun Z, Zhang Y, et al. (2012) A Mimicking-of-DNA-Methylation-Patterns Pipeline for Overcoming the Restriction Barrier of Bacteria. PLoS Genet 8(9): e1002987. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002987 http://www.plosgenetics.org/arti...

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by jonmoulton
Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:18 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Recombinant DNA not degraded inside transformed cells, why?
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Re: Recombinant DNA not degraded inside transformed cells, why?

Escape from restriction endonucleases is a valid point. That is totally a chance dependent phenomenon. Thanks.

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by Holmes
Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:32 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Recombinant DNA not degraded inside transformed cells, why?
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