Final Exam Flashcards
Designed to last longer than normal tomatoes and still have great taste as normal tomatoes?
Flavr Savr Tomatoes
Antisense gene is associated with?
Flavr Savr Tomatoes
Enzyme that degrades pectin, which results in the softening of fruit which makes the susceptible to rotting and decaying?
Enzyme Polygalacturonase
Genetic group that developed Flavr Savr Tomatoes?
Calgene
Roundup Ready Soybeans press a version a _____ from the ____ stain of the bacteria
EPSPS; CP4
What gives the soybeans the ability to be pesticide resistant?
Agrobacterium Tumefaciens
The gene for soybeans is being modified for ____?
Pesticide Resistance
Insulin came from the pancreas of ____?
Dead pigs and cows
Synthetic human insulin used for treating diabetes?
Humulin
Where is humulin taken from?
The pancreas
First marketable product from recombinant DNA technology with E.col bacteria?
Humulin
What organism are coded for insulin?
Human genes
Humulin R U-500 KwikPen sonatines how much insulin?
500 units
Used to treat short stature associated with growth hormone deficiency?
Recombinant Human Growth Hormone
Growth hormone is a ____ hormone?
Peptide
Growth hormone is produced by the ______ gland?
Pituitary
Where are genes found for growth hormone?
Chromosome 17; GH1 and GH2
The only source for GH was human ____?
Cadavers
What is cloned into yeast?
Hepatitis B virus; HBsAG
The organisms used in Hepatitis B vaccine are?
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Associated with hemophilia?
Blood Clotting Factor VIII
____ gene provides a protein called coagulation factor VIII?
F8
Factor VIII is mostly made from ____?
Human Blood
Factor VIII has 3 cell lines?
CHO, BHK, HEK293
A PIG GENTICALLY ENHANCED LINE OF YORKSHIRE PIGS?
Low Phosphorous Enviropigs
Why was Low Phosphorous Enviropigs created?
Digest plant phosphorous more efficiently than yorkshire pig
Genes being transferred in Low Phosphorous Enviropigs?
Murine Parotid Secretory Protein & Escherichia Coli Phytase Protein
Encode phytase to make more ___?
Phosphate
What gene needs to be silenced in arctic apples to create non-browning?
Polyphenol oxidase
What do zebrafish do?
Detect pollution
What does Vitamin A producing golden rice do?
Gives more vitamin A to the body
What converts to vitamin A in the body?
Beta coratene