Why did the scientists use 15NH4Cl and 14NH4Cl as sources of nitrogen in the culture medium for growing E.coli ?
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The Scientists use 15NH4Cl and 14NH4Cl as sources of nitrogen in the culture medium for growing E.coli due to the following 2 reasons:
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The Scientists use 15NH4Cl and 14NH4Cl as sources of nitrogen in the culture medium for growing E.coli due to the following 2 reasons:
- As Nitrogen gets easily incorporated inside the newly formed DNA.
- It is the main component of DNA.
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