Denaturing and Hybridizing DNA

DNA can be denatured easily through heating. This is because the interaction between the two strands bases, that keeps the DNA molecule as one, is not covalently linked, but through H bonds (hydrogen bonds). Subsequently, DNA can be hybridized, brought together, in a process called hybridization. This is done simply by cooling, which brings allows the formation of complementary double helix strands. This can happen either in solution or on filter paper, as seen with some recombinant DNA protocols and procedures.