Mama Ji's molecular kitchen
Written by: Guruatma "Ji" Khalsa

Welcome to Mama Ji's Molecular Kitchen!

There are lots of sites out there full of molecular techniques and protocols, but very little information (either online or in readable hardcopy form) that explain how and why these techniques work. That's where this site comes in.

I've written in simple terms about a number of commonly used molecular techniques, explaining what they are and how they work. So bookmark this site and read it the next time a professor or colleague describes something in technical jargon you can't understand, or when a high-profile court trial makes molecular sciences an interest to the general public.

 

Prep & Purification

Electro-
phoresis

Visualization, Detection & Quantitation

Recombination

Characterization

DNA Techniques

Alkaline Lysis

SDS-Page

Agarose Gel

PCR

Southern Blot

Restriction Enzymes

Plasmids

Sequencing

RNA Techniques

   

Northern Blot

RT-PCR

   

Protein Techniques

Chromatography

 

Western Blot

Radio-Immune Precipitation

   

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About the author: Guruatma "Ji" Khalsa created this cookbook as part of her M.N.S. degree at Arizona State University. It has been used by thousands of people around the world and has become one of the popular areas to visit on the Ask A Biologist website.

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  • Article: Mama Ji's Molecular Kitchen
  • Author(s): Guruatma "Ji" Khalsa
  • Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
  • Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
  • Date published: April 2, 2010
  • Date accessed: March 7, 2024
  • Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/mama-jis-molecular-kitchen

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Guruatma "Ji" Khalsa. (2010, April 02). Mama Ji's Molecular Kitchen. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved March 7, 2024 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/mama-jis-molecular-kitchen

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