Also – the really cool thing about the enzyme you posted is that it is an enzyme which copies DNA at a huge range of temperatures. It was isolated from a bacterium called thermus aquaticus and is the primary enzyme used in PCR (polymerase chain reaction, something that is able to amplify small bits of DNA into an amount that we can measure and study. This is the same reaction that is done for crime scene investigation and forensics). I love science.
You’re funny Erin … did you ever see these?
http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/search/label/FMP2007
By the way – that’s a protein …. not DNA! But COOL as inspiration nonetheless :)
See below for some other really cool biology sculptures:
http://mnartists.org/article.do?rid=232926
http://mnartists.org/uploads/news/19037721a26e2bb33d09a3051d0cef8e/19037721a26e2bb33d09a3051d0cef8e.jpg
Also – the really cool thing about the enzyme you posted is that it is an enzyme which copies DNA at a huge range of temperatures. It was isolated from a bacterium called thermus aquaticus and is the primary enzyme used in PCR (polymerase chain reaction, something that is able to amplify small bits of DNA into an amount that we can measure and study. This is the same reaction that is done for crime scene investigation and forensics). I love science.