Recombinant DNA

• Recombinant DNA (rDNA)


  aka Gene/DNA Splicing

  DNA + different DNA

  technology that allows DNA to be combined from different sources
• Genetuc Engineering


  covers all laboratory of industrial process usrd to alter the genetic material of organisms to produce new substances or perform new functions
• Phenotypes


  physical traits are whats changed
• Genotypes


  genetic traits are whats changed
• Palindrome


  DNA sequence that is the same regardless if you read it forwards or backwards
• Plasmid


  usually 1k-4k of base pairs

  extra chromosomal DNA that replicates independently from the chromosome

  small circular pieces of DNA and found primarily (only) in bacteria

  bacterium can live without it

  bacterium can acquire it from the environment

  no. 1 choice for vectors
• Penincilin


  discovered accidentally

  1st ever antibiotic