Antimicrobial resistance not only undermines the efficacy of current treatments but also endangers the entirety of modern ...

Bacterial genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in bacteria, their chromosomes, plasmids, transposons and phages. Techniques that have enabled this discipline are ...

Tandem gene duplication is harnessed to genetically engineer Escherichia coli, enabling sustained expression of metabolic products.

There is more movement in our genome than we think. Almost half of the human genome consists of transposons—short DNA sequences capable of relocating within the genome. They "jump" from one place to ...

Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA An improved chromatography membrane elution method helps scientists achieve higher yields of pure plasmid DNA.