Object Details
- Genentech, Inc.
- Description (Brief)
- This silver metal canister once contained T4-DNA ligase, an enzyme commonly used in molecular biology. T4-DNA ligase helps create bonds between the ends of fragments of DNA.
- This capability makes it useful in the laboratory when scientists want to combine DNA from two different sources in order to create recombinant DNA. This particular canister of T4-DNA ligase was used to create recombinant DNA molecules at Genentech, a biotechnology company, in the early 1980s.
- Source:
- Aehle, W. (2007). Enzymes in industry: Production and applications. Wiley-VCH.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Genentech
- 1984-08
- ID Number
- 2012.0198.26
- accession number
- 2012.0198
- catalog number
- 2012.0198.26
- Object Name
- T4-DNA ligase
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 13/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.14375 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_1427286
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a806-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
