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Jaeger BT 2B
Biotech 2 terminology
Question | Answer |
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when the body fails to distinguish self from non self and it produces antibodies (or lymphocytes) which attack it | Autoimmune disease |
a virus that infects bacteria | Bacteriophage |
the agent used to carry new DNA into a cell. Often times this is a virus or plasmid | Vector |
a small self replicating piece of DNA found outside the chromosome | Plasmid |
a triplet of bases that specifies an amino acid | Codon |
a triplet of nucleotides in a transfer RNA molecule that is complementary to a codon in a messenger RNA molecule | Anticodon |
the process of using a messenger RNA template to make a protein | Translation |
the transfer of DNA from one bacteria to another | Transduction |
the process of using a DNA template to make a complementary RNA molecule | Transcription |
a change in the genetic structure of an organism as a result of the uptake and incorporation of foreign DNA | Transformation |
the process of duplicating DNA for distribution to daughter cells | DNA Replication |
an organism that has been altered to contain a gene from an organism that belongs to a different species | Transgenic |
a group of enzymes that degrades proteins by hydrolyzing peptide bonds resulting in destruction of a product over time | Protease |
bioreactor which is used for bioprocessing such as growing cells or bacteria | Fermenter |
The process where free DNA is transferred directly into a recipient cell | Transformation |
The process where genetic information present in mRNA molecule directs the order of AA initiating protein synthesis | Translation |