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Competent

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A competent cell is on which has been made fragile and is therefore able to be transfected with foreign DNA. Making competent cells is one of the first steps in cloning.

View Dr Chromo's lecture on transformation of competent cells

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• SIGMA: The entire Sigma catalog on line. Search by name, number, chemical structure and any key word. All Biochemicals for any type of laboratory work. All types of PCR reagents (Taq, JumpStart Taq, RedTaq, AccuTaq, dNTPs, custom oligos etc) Sequencing reagents (gels, plates, clean-up kits) DNA and RNA purification kits (plasmid, genomic, etc) Recombinant protein expression (Trasnfection reagents, vectors, media, competent cells, purification supports, western blotting reagents etc) Cell culture reagents (media, fetal bovine serum) Cell signaling reagents (antibodies, reagents, kits)
  
  Package inserts on-line. MSDS info on-line. Orders taken on-line - handled by your local Sigma-Aldrich office. Pricing on-line in most national currencies. Technical Services ("Ask a Scientist") on-line
• Transformation of Competent cells: Transformation is the process of introducing foreign DNA (e.g plasmids, BAC) into a bacterium. Bacterial cells into which foreign DNA can be transformed are called competent.

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