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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.

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Genetic engineering

Algal biomass

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Single-celled plants, such as Chlorella spp. and Spirulina spp., are grown commercially in ponds to make feed materials. Chlorella is grown commercially to make into fish food: it is fed to ...

Weed

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Simply any plant growing where it is not wanted. In agriculture, used for a plant which has good colonising capability in a disturbed environment, and can usually compete with a cultivated species ...

Okazaki fragment

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Since DNA can be replicated in only one direction, i.e., nucleotides can be added only at the 3´ end, only one of the two strands of a double helix can be replicated continuously. The other strand is ...

Exude

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Slowly discharge; leak liquid material (exudate such as tannins or oxidised polyphenols) through pores or cuts, or by diffusion into the medium. In some woody plant species, exudation is associated ...

Extension

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Single-stranded DNA region consisting of one or more nucleotides at the end of a strand of duplex DNA. a.k.a. protruding end; sticky end; overhang; cohesive end.

R-loops

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Single-stranded DNA regions in RNA-DNA hybrids formed in vitro under conditions where RNA-DNA duplexes are more stable than DNA-DNA duplexes.

Chromomeres

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Small bodies, described by J. Belling, that are identified by their characteristic size and linear arrangement along a chromosome.

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