terms chapter 17 and 18

Question 1

Transformation

Answer 1

Genectic material could be transferred between bacteria cells

Question 2

Recombinant DNA

Answer 2

Single DNA molecule made from two different sources

Question 3

Plasmid vector

Answer 3

small, circular of DNA

Question 4

DNA library

Answer 4

a collection of DNA in a vector that taken together that represents the complex mixture of DNA

Question 5

PCR

Answer 5

Polymerse Chain Reaction, a process in which DNA POLYMERSE IS USED TO COPY A SEQUENCE TO INTEREST REPEADLY , MAKING MILLIONS OF COPIES OF DNA.

Question 6

DNA sequencing

Answer 6

Is to generate a set of nested fragments that each beging with same sequence and in a specific base

Question 7

Taq polymerase

Answer 7

allows the reaction mixture to be repeatedly heated with out destroying enzymes activity

Question 8

Transgenic animal

Answer 8

an animal containing a gene that has been introduced without the use of conventianal breeding

Question 9

“knockout” mouse

Answer 9

mice in which a known gene is inactivated(knocked out) using recombinant Dna and Es cells

Question 10

gene therapy

Answer 10

the transfer of human genes

Question 11

GM crop

Answer 11

gene modified plants

Question 12

biopharming

Answer 12

isolating biologically active compounds from plants

Question 13

Human Genome Project

Answer 13

study of the human genes

Question 14

proteomics

Answer 14

the study of proteomics of organisms, this is related to fuctional geonomics as the protoeome is responsible for much of the fuction encoded by a genome

Question 15

How many genes in human genome?

Answer 15

25000

Question 16

What are some examples of human proteins that are genetically engineered by bacteria?

Answer 16

insulin