Chapter 13 Flashcards
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Makes multiple copies of a DNA segment.
PCR
Cut DNA at very specific sites.
Restriction Enzymes
Pattern of bands created from your DNA after gel electrophoresis.
DNA fingerprint
Pieces created when you cut your DNA with restriction enzymes
RFLP analysis
DNA from 2 different sources called…
Recombinant DNA
Separating DNA pieces by size using electricity is called…
Gel Electrophoresis
The cut ends of DNA
Sticky ends
A circular piece of bacterial DNA
Plasmid
A solution that causes to make antibodies against a disease
vaccine
The manipulation of DNA for practical purposes.
Genetic Engineering
a radioactive material that shows that location of a piece of DNA on a gel.
Probe
The process of replacing a defect gene with a copy of a healthy one.
Gene Therapy.
Most medicines are made of…
Proteins
How do vaccines work?
Cause us to make antibodies.
Who controls DNA technology?
FDA, USDA, EPA
Identified all the nucleotides of human DNA.
Human Genome Project.
All of your proteins are called…
Proteomes.
Combining computer science and biology to make information available to the public.
Bioinformatics
The study of proteins
Proteomics
A glass chip embedded with DNA to identify genes.
Microarray
Any organism that can be used to carry DNA from source to source.
Cloning Vectors
The study if what is right or wrong related to DNA technology
Bioethics
Compare new DNA sequences to all known sequences.
BLAST searches
How many genes do humans have?
20,000 - 30,000
