Difference between revisions of "Step 2 - Transforming competent cells"

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Cells have to be made competent by various methods such as heat shock etc.
 
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Latest revision as of 07:40, 24 June 2009

Competition between cells?

Well, not really.

'Competent cells are those cells which have the ability to take up extracellular/naked DNA from their environment.

Cells have to be made competent by various methods such as heat shock etc. (Elaborated under Bacterial Transformation [[1]])