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

Liquid nitrogen

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Nitrogen gas condensed to a liquid with a boiling point of about -196°C. Very commonly the medium in which containers of genetic material are stored.

Viroid A

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

An infectious entity similar to a virus but smaller, consisting only of a strand of nucleic acid without the protein coat characteristic of a virus.

Epigenetic variation

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Non-hereditary and reversible variation; often the result of a change in gene expression.

Thermolabile

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Not heatproof, e.g., a substance which disintegrates or is unstable upon heating.

Water potential

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Refers to the difference between the activity of water molecules in pure distilled water at atmospheric pressure and 30°C (standard conditions), and the activity of water molecules in any other ...

Particle radiation

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Refers to gamma () particles (positively charged) and beta (ß) particles (negatively charged), electrons, protons and neutrons. In plant tissue culture, these particles are used to produce mutant ...

Differentially permeable

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Referring to a membrane, through which different substances diffuse at different rates; some substances may be unable to diffuse through such a membrane.