creating competent cells in mineral water
- Posted by darkeye on April 7th, 2008 filed in DNA transformation at home, experiments, log
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On the quest to try to replicate the DNA transformation process in a kitchen-like environment, one of the obstacles is to create competent cells. These cells are degraded in a way that the alien DNA plasmid can flow into them, thus allowing the DNA transformation itself.
Maarten de Smit just wrote me that there’s a way this can happen in a natural setting, by using water that is high on Calcium, according to [Baur]. Imagine – DNA transformation in a bottle of still mineral water 🙂
Or would you prefer sparkling?
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