genbio

Cards (75)

  • Genetic engineering
    1. Making changes on genetic code
    2. Goal is to add one or more trait
  • DNA extraction
    A sample of organism is taken
  • Gene cloning
    DNA from organism is extracted at once
  • Gene design

    Designing the gene to work
  • Transformation
    Tissue culture is used to propagate
  • Backcross breeding
    Transgenic plants are crossed with elite
  • DNA recombination
    1. Modifying the genes for practical purposes
    2. Combined with another DNA from DNA source
  • Restriction enzymes

    • Cut DNA at specific sites
    • Create sticky ends on cut DNA
  • Steward Lim and Werner Arber discovered restriction enzymes in e.coli which are known as Endonucleases
    1960
  • The use of nucleases was not discovered by Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen (1973)
  • 10 scientist led by Paul Berg wrote a letter to the National academy of sciences
  • Applications of recombinant DNA
    • Food and agriculture
    • Health and diseases
    • Gene therapy
    • Production of antibodies and their derivatives
    • Investigation of the drug metabolism
    • Development of vaccines and recombinant hormones
    • Chinese medicine
    • Environment
  • Gene therapy success in science opened up new doors
  • Plant systems have been used for production of antibodies and their derivatives
  • Complex system of drug metabolizing enzyme involved in the drug metabolism
  • Chinese medicine is associated with theories which are congruent, might be the sources of carriage
  • Genetic code is a set of three letter combinations
  • Chemical and nervous control
    • Animal main organ: brain
    • Animal channel or medium: nerves
    • Animal chemical control: hormones
    • Plant main organ: root tip or apex
    • Plant channel or medium: vascular strands
    • Plant chemical control: hormones
  • Endocrine system
    Complex network of glands and organs
  • Nervous system
    • Central nervous system: brain and spinal cord
    • Peripheral nervous system: made up of nerves
  • Immune system
    To protect the organism from diseases
  • Lymphocytes
    Type of white blood cell
  • Types of lymphocytes
    • B-cell lymphocytes
    • T-cell lymphocytes
    1. cell lymphocytes
    Antibody driven community, they release Antibodies
  • Antibodies
    They recognize the invader
    1. cell lymphocytes
    Directly targets or kill foreign cells
  • Types of tropism in plants
    • Phototropism
    • Geotropism
    • Negative geotropism
    • Positive geotropism
    • Hydrotropism
    • Thigmotropism
  • Phototropism
    Movement of plants response to light
  • Geotropism
    Movement of plants response to gravitational force
  • Negative geotropism
    Plants moves away from earth
  • Positive geotropism
    Plant moves toward earth
  • Hydrotropism
    Movement of plants response to water
  • Thigmotropism
    Movement of plants response to mechanical stimulation
  • Advent season
    • "to judge the living and the dead"
    • Begins on first Sunday of advent
    • Purple or blue
  • Christmas season
    • Vigil of Lord's birth
    • Gold or white
  • Advent season
    • "to judge the living and the dead"
    • Begins on first Sunday of advent
    • Purple or blue
  • Ordinary time

    • "Hidden life of Jesus"
    • Begins after Christmas
    • Green
  • Christmas season
    • Vigil of Lord's birth
    • Gold or white
  • Lent
    • Begins ash Wednesday
    • Preparation for Easter
    • Spend 40 days of prayer
    • Purple
  • Ordinary time

    • "Hidden life of Jesus"
    • Begins after Christmas
    • Green