• L' Eomot Inversé (3/26/2012)


    Gazareth (3/26/2012)


    The sspI restriction enzyme is so named because it's used to cut the sspI gene from the genome. The gene itself appears to encode for a spore protein in yeast.

    Thanks, Gazareth, now we know what it is. 🙂

    But we still don't know what it stands for when used in that context. 😉

    Ha yeah, got a bit carried away 😀

    Far as I can tell, it stands for the not-terribly-exciting "Small, acid-soluble spore protein I".

    I preferred it when Physiologists named proteins 🙂