Precise Stickiness
a: Dna hybridization ~
b: programmable glue
What: DNA hybridization is like a "programmable glue," she said, that can stick cells together because of the highly precise nature of binding between complementary DNA strands: One strand of the DNA helix binds only to its complementary strand and nothing else. By putting a short DNA strand on the surface of one cell and its complementary strand on another cell, the researchers assure that the two lock together exclusively.
Useful?
Writer: Carolyn Bertozzi
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Date: May 9 2013 6:03 PM
# 3032 Critique Analogy