Micro Ch. 15

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Complementary DNA

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A DNA copy of an RNA molecule

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Biotechnology

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The process in which living organisms are manipulated,
particularly at the molecular genetic level, to form useful
products.

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Probe

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A short, labeled nucleic acid segment complementary
in base sequence to part of another nucleic acid, which
is used to identify or isolate the particular nucleic acid
from a mixture through its ability to bind specifically with the target nucleic acid

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Gene Therapy

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The process by which human diseases are treated or
potentially cured by the introduction of a gene(s) that
encodes the gene product(s) that is either missing or
mutated in the cells affected by the pathological
condition

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Restriction Enzyme

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Enzymes produced by host cells that cleave virus DNA
at specific points and thus protect the cell from virus
infection; they are used in carrying out genetic
engineering

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Genetic Engineering

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The deliberate modification of an organism's genetic
information by changing its nucleic acid genome.

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Reversetranscriptase

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An RNA-dependent DNA polymerase that uses a viral
RNA genome as a template to synthesize a DNA copy

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Cloning

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To make identical copies of a DNA sequence

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Gelelectrophoresis

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a technique for separating DNA molecules of varying
sizes by moving them through a block of agarose by
means of an electric field, with smaller molecules
moving faster and therefore farther than larger ones

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Polymerase Chain Reaction

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technique used to synthesize large quantities of specific
nucleotide sequences from small amounts of DNA