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

Intergenic regions

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

DNA sequences located between genes; they comprise a large percentage of a genome and have no known function.

Wilt

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Drooping of stems and foliage due to loss of water and decreased turgidity of cells. May be caused by water stress or by disease.

Repetitive DNA

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

DNA sequences that are present in a genome in multiple copies, sometimes a million times or more.

Cytoplasmic genes

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

DNA-containing bodies in the cell but external to the nucleus.

Glucose invertase

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Enzymes that catalyse the interconversion of the two sugars, glucose and fructose. As fructose is chemically more stable than glucose, a mixture of glucose and fructose with the enzyme will end up ...

Glucose isomerase

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Lipases

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Enzymes which break down lipids into their component fatty acid and "head group" moieties. The lipases used in biotechnology are almost invariably digestive lipases, meant to break down the fats in ...