use of biological resources Flashcards
Advantages of using pesticide
- Easily accessible and relatively cheap
- Have an immediate effect
- Kills the entire population of pests
DIsadvantages of using pesticides
- Organisms they are meant to kill can develop resistance to them
- Can kill beneficial organisms
- They may cause harm to animals and affect the food chain
Role of lactobacillus in the production of yoghurt
converts the lactose into lactic acid which makes the yoghurt sour and thickens the milk to form yoghurt
What are DNA cut with at specific sites
with restriction enzymes
What does ligament enzymes do
join the pieces of DNA together
Advantages of genetically engineered insulin
- Large quantities can be made quickly
- No risk of transferring infections
- More effective at treating diabetes as animal insulin is different to human insulin
Describe the process of insulin production
The human insulin gene is removed using a
restriction enzyme.
A bacterial plasmid is cut open using the same restriction enzyme.
Restriction enzymes leave ‘sticky ends’, where one of the two DNA strands is longer than the other.
Using the same restriction enzyme to cut both the human DNA and bacterial plasmid results in complementary sticky ends that join by base pairing.
A different enzyme is used to join the insulin gene and the bacterial plasmid.
The bacterial plasmid containing the insulin gene is placed into a bacterial cell.
The bacterial cell is placed in a fermenter to allow reproduction under perfect conditions (warmth, moisture and oxygen).
Downstreaming occurs – this is when insulin is extracted, purified
and packaged.
-The pure insulin produced can be used to treat diabetes.