Genetic Engineering Flashcards
The type of gene therapy that fixes defective proteins in affected cells
Somatic
Mutation in which there is no change in the protein because the same amino acid is created
Neutral
A tumor that is created by bacteria in plants that carry Ti plasmids
Galls
Proteins that act as specialized scissors to cut genes out of DNA strands
restriction enzymes
The process of copying DNA with mRNA during protein synthesis
Transcription
The location of transcription in a cell
Nucleus
The name for a stem cell that can become other types of cells after fertilization
Totipotent
The name for an organism that have genes from other organisms transferred into them
Transgenic
The device that uses metal coated pellets that are covered in DNA to transfer new genes into organisms
Gene gun
The name for proteins that are prokaryotic that prevent RNA polymerase from connecting to a gene
Repression
The process of connecting mRNA to tRNA at the ribosome to make a protein
Translation
The name for diseases that cause a progressive failing of tissues and organs
Degerative
The name for the nucleic acid that carries the amino acids to the ribosome
tRNA
The process of a cell turning some jeans on or off to determine its characteristics
Gene expression
The nucleic acid that copies DNA during protein synthesis
mRNA
The sequence of nucleotides that is the starting point for protein synthesis
Activation
The location of translation
Ribosome
The name for the series of nucleotides that tRNA creates that carries amino acids
Anticodon
The name for the process of replacing damaged or failing tissue with tissue created by stem cells
Therapeutic cloning
The process of making an exact genetic copy of an organism
Cloning
The name for embryonic cells that are unspecialized
X
The name for the entire genetic code of an organism
Genome
The name for the nucleic acid that connects codons an anti-codons together in the ribosome
rRNA
The name for protein that encourage the connection of polymerase to DNA and eukaryotes
Promoter
