MCB 3020C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cloning, Pituitary Gland, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
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Vaccines, recombivax hb, human insulin, antiviral agents, interferon, hormones, hgh (human growth hormone), so(cid:373)atostati(cid:374) : still one of the biggest biotech companies, first developed: human insulin (first gene transferred to a bacterium). New field developed: biotechnology: biotechnology uses genetically modified microorganisms to synthesize products of high commercial value, biotechnology uses the tools of genetic engineering, advantage: microbes can make a lot of gene product; two examples: Cells as fundamental unit of life: cell is fundamental unit of life, cell membrane defines compartment that makes up the cell (invariant structure): not closed system; semipermeable. Surface soils and waters contain only small percentage: marine subsurface 66, terrestrial subsurface 26, surface soil 4. 8, oceans 2. 2, all other habitats 1. 0% Development of microbiology as a discipline awaited advances in microscopy and laboratory cultivation of microbes: microscopy: first to see microorganism in any detail were probably van leeuwenhoek and.
