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Why is uracil used in RNA rather than thymine?
dec 16 '11 at 21:18
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Is there any convincing evidence for the existence of nanobacteria?
dec 15 '11 at 9:24
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ATP cost for gene expression
feb 26 '12 at 9:17
12
NADH vs. NADPH: Where is each one used and why that instead of the other?
jan 25 '12 at 9:05
12
Why are restriction enzymes not frozen?
dec 23 '11 at 22:56
11
How is RNAse contamination in RNA based experiments prevented?
dec 14 '11 at 21:32
9
Why is DNA replication performed in the 5' to 3' direction?
jan 5 '12 at 9:33
8
Can DNA produce ribozyme-like structures?
feb 21 '12 at 8:49
8
Free-flowing cells and those that are stuck together?
aug 8 at 11:13
8
How does the brain's energy consumption depend on mental activity?
jan 30 '12 at 11:24
8
What determines a successful protein expression in E. coli?
dec 16 '11 at 20:31
7
Where does Taq polymerase migrate during electrophoresis?
jan 22 at 15:28
7
Why can ATP not be stored in excess?
feb 17 at 15:39
7
If proteins have an overall charge, how do membrane proteins traverse through the hydrophobic region of the plasma membrane?
oct 8 at 11:44
7
What is special about the N3 buffer for Qiagen minipreps?
may 3 '12 at 10:24
7
What would cause bands to appear lower on a nonreduced SDS-PAGE gel?
mar 14 '12 at 12:08
7
How to understand influenza strain designations?
dec 14 '11 at 22:31
6
Do individual (free) nucleotides base-pair with other free nucleotides?
mar 19 at 21:04
6
High sequence similarity but start codon isn't methionine
mar 18 at 10:44
5
What is the smallest number of amino acids required for life?
jan 15 '12 at 18:00
5
What are the most important differences between HSP70 and HSP90?
feb 26 '12 at 8:55
5
Can I elute my GFP-tagged protein off anti-GFP antibody using a peptide?
dec 16 '11 at 13:27
4
Does GTP-γS (GTP gamma S) bind all GTP-binding proteins?
feb 17 at 17:48
4
Does ethanol destroy RNase?
feb 16 at 9:17
4
Compressing structural information in PDB files
apr 13 '12 at 8:41
4
How do I get the current “camera position” in PyMol so I can reuse it in scripts?
jan 20 '12 at 13:10
3
What is the difference between average and monoisotopic mass calculations of peptides?
jan 7 at 12:33
3
What are the distinctive structural features of single- or double-stranded xRNA, or where can I find them?
oct 27 at 8:51
2
Are CoA and CoAS the same thing in a compound?
jun 9 at 16:40
2
Does bleach destroy RNAse activity, and if so, how does it do it?
may 9 at 10:39
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