DNA Uptake (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

DNA Uptake

Caption

Columns show samples of cyanobacteria taken at different times of day and incubated with DNA that, if taken up and incorporated, allows them to grow on an antibiotic-containing medium. Green growth higher in the column shows more cells have taken up DNA. The samples in the center, around dusk and early night, are thousands of times better at taking up DNA than samples at dawn (left and right edges).

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Golden Lab, UC San Diego

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Must be used in conjunction with UC San Diego paper in Nature Communications on circadian alignment.

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