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Protein Engineering

The theory behind protein engineering techniques including definitions for proteins and enzymes, PCR and cloning.
Membrane Bioreactors
Membrane reactors are frequently used by biotechnology companies as part of their Process Intensification strategy.
What are Transcription Factors?
Transcription factors are important molecules, usually proteins, involved in controlling gene expression by RNA polymerase. In eukaryotic cells they bind to promoter regions on the DNA.
Restriction Enzymes Explained
An explanation of a special class of enzymes known as the restriction endonucleases.
Enzymes
An explanation of what enzymes are and a brief description of what they do for cells.
Methods of Enzyme Optimization
Four common approaches to optimizing an enzyme process for commercial exploitation, ranging from natural selection to fine-tuned molecular-level genetic manipulations.
What is a Protein?
A quick explanation of what proteins are made of and the role they play in cells.
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