Clearing house for DNA gets a boost
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 16:01
in Biology & Nature
Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute is home to a rich trove of biological material. Known as DNASU, this growing storehousea sort of genetic Library of Congressholds over 147,000 plasmids, (circular DNA samples that can be used to produce individual proteins), as well as full genome collections from numerous organisms and proteins associated with many leading human diseases.