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Codon: Notes on Progress #2

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But the technologies devised in the process of trying may revolutionize other areas of science, especially reproductive biology. Biology is a Burrito. The central dogma is often depicted as DNA→RNA→protein, but it’s much more: A biophysical marvel inside the smallest of vessels. Asterisk Magazine 13 of 31.

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Codon Digest: Hackathon Prize Winners

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A T4 phage can hold 171,000 bases of DNA or other molecules, including proteins and RNA. It uses single-molecule RNA fluorescence to measure mRNAs and fluorescent reporters to measure the proteins. This essay , in Asterisk Magazine , is the best I’ve seen at explaining why cultivated meat is so expensive in the first place.

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Codon Digest: Hackathon Prize Winners

Codon

A T4 phage can hold 171,000 bases of DNA or other molecules, including proteins and RNA. It uses single-molecule RNA fluorescence to measure mRNAs and fluorescent reporters to measure the proteins. This essay , in Asterisk Magazine , is the best I’ve seen at explaining why cultivated meat is so expensive in the first place.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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Journal of Molecular Biology (1961). Link (Golden Gate assembly) Other Basic Methods & Cloning →Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology , by multiple authors. Link Molecular Cloning Techniques , by AddGene. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th Edition. . & Xie X.S. Nature (2011).

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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Journal of Molecular Biology (1961). Link (Golden Gate assembly) Other Basic Methods & Cloning →Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology , by multiple authors. Link Molecular Cloning Techniques , by AddGene. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th Edition. Molecular Systems Biology (2008).

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