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

abiotic stress

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The effect of non-living factors which can harm living organisms. These non-living factors include drought, extreme temperatures, pollutants, etc.

morphogenic response

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The effect on the developmental history of a plant or its parts exposed to a given set of growth conditions or to a change in the environment.

oocyte

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The egg mother cell; it undergoes two meiotic divisions (oogenesis) to form the egg cell. The primary oocyte is before completion of the first meiotic division; the secondary oocyte is after ...

electro-blotting

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The electrophoretic transfer of macromolecules (DNA, RNA or protein) from a gel, in which they have been separated, to a support matrix, such as a nitrocellulose sheet. A transfer usually used in ...

curing

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The elimination of a plasmid from its host cell. Many agents which interfere with DNA replication, e.g., ethidium bromide, can cure plasmids from either bacterial or eukaryotic cells.