T4-DNA Ligase
date: label: date made
content: 1984-08
name: label: user
content: Genentech, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Source:
label: Description (Brief)
content: Aehle, W. (2007). Enzymes in industry: Production and applications. Wiley-VCH.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: West Germany
label: used
content: United States: California, South San Francisco
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Biotechnology and Genetics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Genentech
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0198.26
label: accession number
content: 2012.0198
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0198.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: T4-DNA ligase
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 13/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.14375 cm x 3.175 cm