Object Details
user
Genentech, Inc.
Description
This silver metal canister once contained DNA-polymerase, an enzyme commonly used in molecular biology. In living organisms, it plays an important role in DNA replication and repair, by helping to speed along the process of linking together nucleotide bases into the chains that make up DNA.
This particular canister of DNA-polymerase was used in DNA sequencing efforts at the labs at Genentech, a biotechnology company, in the early 1980s.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Genentech
date made
1983-08-16
ID Number
2012.0198.23
accession number
2012.0198
catalog number
2012.0198.23
Object Name
DNA-polymerase
Physical Description
potassium phosphate, 50 mmol/l (overall active ingredients)
dithiothreitol, 0.25 mmol/l (overall active ingredients)
metal (overall material)
DNA-polymerase I (large fragment, Klenow enzyme), dissolved in 50% glycerol (v/v) (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
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1427282