Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering

The science of modifying and manipulating genes to create new artificial DNA or synthetic genes of different organisms. There are many purposes for genetic engineering, some of which include finding better treatment for diseases, or simply for discovering new organism of interest.

Industry: Agriculture; Biotechnology

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Genetic engineering

P1

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Symbol for the parental generation or parents of a given individual.

staggered cuts

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Symmetrically cleaved phospho-diester bonds that lie on both strands of duplex DNA but are not opposite one another.

biosynthesis

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Synthesis of compounds by living cells, which is the essential feature of anabolism.

characterization of PGR

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Systematic recording of descriptors that are independent of environmental factors.

killer T cells

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

T cells that carry T-cell receptors and kill cells displaying the recognized antigens.

helper cells

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

T cells that respond to an antigen displayed by a macrophage by stimulating B and T lymphocytes to develop into antibody-producing plasma cells and killer T cells, respectively.

scion-stock interaction

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The effect of a rootstock on a scion (and vice versa) in which a scion on one kind of rootstock performs differently than it would on its own roots or on a different rootstock.