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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993

Polymerase Chain Reaction
The PCR method – a copying machine for DNA molecules

DNA molecules can be mass-produced from incredibly small amounts of material with PCR. Kary Mullis' discovery allows the chemist to mimic the cell's own natural DNA replication process in a test tube. It has now become much easier to characterise and compare the genetic material from different individuals and organisms.

 
   

Contents:

Introduction »
 Site-directed mutagenesis reprograms DNA »
Tailor-made proteins »
 The PCR method – a copying machine for DNA molecules »
 The PCR method already of great use »
 DNA and the genetic code »
 Landmarks in the history of gene technology »
 Further reading »
Based on materials from the 1993 Nobel Poster for Chemistry.
Credits and references for the poster  »

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