Object Details
- Genentech, Inc.
- Description (Brief)
- This silver metal canister once contained Hind III, an enzyme commonly used in molecular biology. Hind III belongs to a class of enzymes known as restriction enzymes, which are useful for their ability to cleave DNA only at locations containing specific sequences of nucleotides, the small chemical units that make up the longer DNA molecule. Hind III recognizes the sequence TTCGAA and will cut between the A’s.
- This particular canister of Hind III was used to create recombinant DNA molecules at Genentech, a biotechnology company, in the early 1980s.
- Source:
- GeneON, “Hind III.” http://www.taq-dna.com/hindiii-_76.html
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Genentech
- 1985-01
- ID Number
- 2012.0198.29
- accession number
- 2012.0198
- catalog number
- 2012.0198.29
- Object Name
- Hind III
- Physical Description
- Solution in Tris-HCl, 10 mmol/l (overall active ingredients)
- NaCl, 250 mmol/l (overall active ingredients)
- EDTA, 0.1 mmol/l (overall active ingredients)
- dithiothreitol, 1 mmol/l (overall active ingredients)
- glycerol, 50% (v/v) (overall active ingredients)
- metal (overall material)
- Hind III (overall active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 3.175 cm
- place made
- West Germany
- used
- United States: California, South San Francisco
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology and Genetics
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1427308
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-843d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
