L41 BIOL 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1,3,4,6: Helicase, Golden Rice, Genentech
22 Sep 2017
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Biotech is the use of cellular and biomolecular processes to solve problems and make useful products. Therapeutic proteins, vaccines, organ and tissue transplants, stem cell therapy, etc. Example : golden rice contains two genes that increase production of beta carotene (vitamin a) Replace energy and chemical processes with enzyme-mediated processes. Enzymes - catalysts that speed up or slow down chemical reactions. Extremophiles - microbes that have resistance to extreme conditions. Example: enzyme that breaks down hydrogen peroxide waste generated in paper and fabric bleaching. Research support companies - design, develop, support research tools to industry. Contract research organizations (cros) -perform research and drug projects on contract basis. Dna made of nucleotides which consists of: Floating base pairs pair up to templates. Organism"s genome is full complement of its dna. Each cell of organism has identical genome. Chromosomes are highly condensed dna wrapped around protein. Gene is segment of dna that codes for a protein.
