The Attractin Gene

I concluded this week by continuing my previous efforts in the laboratory of sequencing various regions of the Attractin gene. I focused on preparing samples from the Kenzin population for sequencing intron 4 of the gene. I fully realized the amount of PCR the laboratory has been conducting now that an undergraduate student and I work here more frequently, as the DNA samples are nearly all empty! Next week, I will thus have numerous dilutions to obtain DNA of the desired concentration for a PCR reaction.

I further continued my research of the attractin gene and its role in relation to the agouti gene, finding an article depicting the pathways of these genes in great detail.

I again look forward to another week of completing the steps necessary to sequence additional regions of the attractin gene and furthering my research on the subject.