chapter 2 Flashcards
unicellular organisms examples
protozoans & bacteria
E. coli
bacteria commonly used by protein companies
protist
certain algae
pancrease
secretes digestive fluid
an example of plant produced by biotech
frost resistant strawberries
knowledge of what other disciplines of science will improve the understanding of biotech
a&p, biochem and ctytology
what is cellulose found in?
plant cell walls
Vero cells
African green monkey kidney epithelial cells
CHO
animal cell line used in biotech studies
chinese hamster ovary
explain how so many cells from the same organism can look so different?
synthesize different proteins & RNA
monosaccharides e.g.
glucose, fructose and galactose
disaccharides e.g.
sucrose (fructose + glucose), lactose (galactose + glucose) and maltose (glucose ^2)
4 groups of lipids
triglycerides
phospholipids
steroids
waxes
9 categories of proteins
- structural
- enzyme
- transport
- contractile
- hormone
- anitbody
- pigment
- recognition
- toxin
nucleotide compose of?
nitrogenous base, sugar ring, & phosphate
cytoskeleton
protein network
amylopectin
branched glucose chains
most significant biotechnological breakthrough?
move pieces of DNA
-discovery of enzymes that cut & glue
what organism was the first to be genetically engineered?
e. coli
first commercialy engineered product?
human insulin
why is San Francisco the birthplace of biotech
where first biotech companies was founded
recombinant DNA
cutting and pasting pieces of DNA
