Neurotechniques
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November 2006
Signed, sealed and delivered
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Researchers drive transgene expression with two different site-specific promoters by splitting a common expression system in half.
Original research paper: Neuron 52, 425-436 (2006)
Double your pleasure, double your fun
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By attaching two probes end to end at every spot, researchers double the size of conventional microarrays.
Original research paper: Nature Methods 3, 903-907 (2006)
Atkins-friendly protein chips
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The antibiotic puromycin seizes newly synthesized peptides and enables their attachment to glass chips for proteomic analysis.
Original research paper: Nature Biotechnology 24, 1253-1254 (2006)