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chemotherapy is
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the use of drugs (synthetic or natural) to treat a disease.
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antimicrobial drugs
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interfere w growth of microbes w/in a host
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antibiotic
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substance produced by a microbe in small amounts-inhibits another microbe
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selective toxicity
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killing harmful microbes w/o host damage
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1940
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Florey and Chain first clinical trials of penicillin
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Penicillin works how?
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interferes w making cell walls
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pcr stands for ...
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polymerase chain reaction
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PCR ...
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makes multiple copies of a piece of a DNA-- enzymatically clone DNA for recombination. Amplifies DNA to detecable levels
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recombinant DNA
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inserting foreign DNA into cells
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DNA can be inserted into a cell in five ways? What are they?
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1) transformation changing cell wall/membrane to accept DNA 2) electroporation-uses electricity 3) protoplast fusion 4) gene gun 5) microinjection (invitro fertilization uses this) insert directly into the cell.
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Where do I get cloned DNA?
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Gene libraries are made of DNA fragments stored in plasmids or phages
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cDNA (complementary DNA) is made from...
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mRNA by reverse transcriptase
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