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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Lux

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

(SI symbol: lx) The unit of measurement for illuminance (i.e., the amount of illumination) impinging upon a surface. 1 lx is the illuminance impinging upon a surface of 1 m 2 , each point of which is ...

Metabolism

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

In an organism or a single cell, the biochemical process by which nutritive material is built up into living matter, or aids in building living matter, or by which complex substances and food are ...

Megabase (Mb)

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

A length of DNA consisting of 10 6 base pairs (if double-stranded) or 10 6 bases (if single-stranded). 1 Mb = 10 3 kb = 10 6 bp.

Pectin

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

A white amorphous substance which, when combined with acid and sugar, yields a jelly substance cementing cells together (the middle lamella).

Flagellum

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

A whiplike organelle of locomotion in certain cells; locomotor structures in flagellate protozoa.

Roentgen

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

(symbol: r) Obsolete unit of ionising radiation. The SI unit is the sievert (symbol: Sv)

Epidermis

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

1. The outmost layer of cells of the body of an animal. In invertebrates the epidermis is normally only one cell thick and is covered by an impermeable cuticle. In vertebrates the epidermis is the ...