Genetic Engineering

Question 0

Restriction enzyme

Answer 0

Enzyme that cuts DNA molecules at specific points

Question 1

Plasmid

Answer 1

Short circular piece of DNA found in bacterial cells

Question 2

DNA ligase

Answer 2

Enzyme that joins cut ends of DNA molecules allowing genes to be put into plasmids

Question 3

Recombinant DNA

Answer 3

DNA that has been created from different sources

Question 4

Vector

Answer 4

The means of transferring DNA into an organism (eg a plasmid or a virus)

Question 5

Transgenic cell

Answer 5

An organism whose DNA has been genetically altered

Question 6

How would the genetically modified insulin-producing bacteria be used to produce significant amounts of insulin

Answer 6

They are cultured in fermenters

Question 7

Concerns over genetically modified high yielding plants

Answer 7

The plants could spread to other areas and would compete with other species and take over a habitat

Question 8

Transgenic organism

Answer 8

An organism that has had genes transferred to it from another species

Question 9

Bacteriophage

Answer 9

A type of virus that infects bacterial cells