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

lytic cycle

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The steps in viral production that usually lead to cell lysis.

stationary phase

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The plateau of the growth curve after log growth, during which cell number remains constant. New cells are produced at the same rate as older cells die.

graft union

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The point at which a scion from one plant is joined to a stock from another plant.

template strand

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The polynucleotide strand that a polymerase uses for determining the sequence of nucleotides during the synthesis of a new nucleic acid strand.

replicon

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The portion of a DNA molecule which is replicable from a single origin. Plasmids and the chromosomes of bacteria, phages and other viruses usually have a single origin of replication and, in these ...

integration-excision (I/E) region

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The portion of bacteriophage lambda (1) DNA that enables bacteriophage lambda (1) DNA to be inserted into a specific site in the E. coli chromosome and excised from this site.

centromere

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The portion of the chromosome to which the spindle fibres attach during mitotic and meiotic division. It appears as a constriction when chromosomes contract during cell division. After chromosomal ...