Dihydrofolate reductase, or DHFR, is an enzyme that reduces dihydrofolic acid to tetrahydrofolic acid, using NADPH as an electron donor, which can be converted to the kinds of tetrahydrofolate cofacto
Crystal structure of chicken liver dihydrofolate reductase. PDB entry 8dfr
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A growth medium or culture medium is a solid, liquid, or semi-solid designed to support the growth of a population of microorganisms or cells via the process of cell proliferation or small plants like
Dihydrofolate reductase
…the dhfr gene and the gene for the recombinant protein in a single expression system, and then subjected to selective conditions in thymidine-lacking medium. Only the cells with the exogenous DHFR gene along with the gene of interest survive. Supplementation of this medium with methotrexate, a competitive…
An agar plate – an example of a bacterial growth medium*: Specifically, it is a streak plate; the orange lines and dots are formed by bacterial colonies.
US Food and Drug Administration scientist tests for Salmonella
A culture of Salmonella bacteria
Physcomitrella patens plants growing axenically on agar plates (Petri dish, 9 cm diameter)