The case against FastDigest®

Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Restriction enzymes continue to be important

In 2006, the innovative Lithuanian biotech company Fermentas launched a new product line for molecular biology researchers: the FastDigest restriction enzymes. Together with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), restriction enzymes (REs) are arguably the most important tools in molecular biology. They made recombinant DNA technology possible in the early 1970s. Until every lab can afford a reliable DNA laser printer (which is probably still a decade away), restriction enzymes are the tools of the trade. Novel cloning techniques (like In-Fusion , Gibson Assembly or SLICE ) have their place, but still lack the robustness of traditional restriction enzyme cloning.

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The case against FastDigest®