Interpret & Evaluate Data about the Uses of Recombinant DNA Technology DNA that has been altered by introducing nucleotides from another source is called recombinant DNA (rDNA) If the or...
In Vivo Method: Culture of Transformed Host Cells Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a common molecular biology technique used in most applications of gene technology It is described as the ...
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a common molecular biology technique used in most applications of gene technology, for example, DNA profiling (eg. identifi...
Apparatus & Techniques: Investigating the Specificity of Restriction Enzymes The specificity of restriction enzymes can be investigated using extracted DNA and gel electrophoresis Gel el...
Producing Fragments of DNA Genetic engineering is the deliberate modification of a specific characteristic (or characteristics) of an organism. The technique involves removing a gene (or gen...
Sequencing Methods DNA sequencing allows for the base sequence of an organism's genetic material to be identified and recorded Sequencing methods are continuously evolving and becoming faste...
Non-Coding DNA & Regulatory Genes It can be highly difficult to translate the [popover id="IBYOAu-X6ZA6x3aV" lave="genome"] of complex organisms into their proteome Determining the prote...
Sequencing DNA to Determine Protein Sequences The genome of simpler organisms can be used to obtain the proteome (the sequences of the proteins) of the organism This information can be used ...
Tumour Development Cancers demonstrate how important it is that cell division is precisely controlled, as cancers arise due to uncontrolled mitosis Cancerous cells divide repeatedly and unco...
