14:125:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dna Ligase, Adenosine Triphosphate, Cell Wall
8 Oct 2016
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Human genome project: a collaborative international effort to sequence and map all the dna on the 23 human chromosomes; completed in 2000. Insulin: a protein that facilitates the uptake of sugar into cells from blood. Journals: scientific periodicals or magazines in which scientists publish their experimental work, findings, or conclusions. Large-scale production: the manufacturing of large volumes of a product. National institutes of health (nih: government laboratory. Negative control: sample with an expected result of no change. Pharmaceutical: study of marketing and production of drugs. Plasmid: small structure carrying genetic material to be delivered to cell. Polymerase chain reaction (pcr: process of mass replicating a single strand / section of dna. Positive control: completely varied sample with an expected result. Proteases: an enzyme which degrades other proteins and peptides. Pure science: focus of govt labs and hospital research facilities. Reagent: a compound used in an experiment. Recombinant dna: cutting and bonding sections of dna to acquire a desired strand.
