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.

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Genetic engineering

Suckering

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Type of vegetative propagation where lateral buds grow out to produce an individual that is a clone of the parent.

Cancer

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Uncontrolled growth of the cells of a tissue or an organ in a multicellular organism. cf oncogenesis.

Carrier molecule

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

1. A molecule that plays a role in transporting electrons through the electron transport chain. Carrier molecules are usually proteins bound to non-protein groups and able to undergoing oxidation and ...

Budding

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

1. A method of asexual reproduction in which a new individual is derived from an outgrowth (bud) that becomes detached from the body of the parent. 2. Among fungi, budding is characteristic of the ...

Metabolite

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

1. A low-molecular-weight biological compound that is usually synthesised by an enzyme. 2. A compound that is essential for a metabolic process. A substance synthesised by the organism, or taken in ...

Spore

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

1. A reproductive cell that develops into an individual without union with other cells; some spores such as meiospores occur at a critical stage in the sexual cycle, but others are asexual in ...

Promoter

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

1. A nucleotide sequence of DNA to which RNA polymerase binds and initiates transcription. It usually lies upstream of (5´ to) a coding sequence. A promoter sequence aligns the RNA polymerase so that ...