Genetic Engineering Vocabulary 1

Laboratory techniques to isolate and manipulate DNA segments

• Recombinant DNA Technology
• Restriction enzyme
• Genetic Engineering
• Gene amplification

Small circular strand of DNA

• Gene
• Plasmid
• Vector
• Nucleotide

Protein that cuts DNA at specific sites

• Gel Electrophoresis
• Nucleotide
• Restriction enzyme
• Vector

Short single-stranded DNA fragment that defines the region to be copied.

• Vector

• DNA polymerase

• Plasmid

• DNA Primer

Technique to separate DNA, RNA, or protein molecules based on size and charge

• Vector
• Restriction enzyme
• Genetic Engineering
• Gel Electrophoresis

Enzymes that create DNA molecules by reading existing DNA and assembling nucleotides.

• DNA polymerase

• Nucleotide

• DNA Primer

• Vector

Technique to amplify specific segments of DNA

• Gene amplification
• Recombinant DNA Technology
• Restriction enzyme
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

DNA sequence that codes for a protein

• Plasmid
• Gene
• Nucleotide
• Vector

Tags

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Increase in the number of copies of a gene in a genome

• DNA Primer
• Gene amplification
• Gene
• Genetic Engineering

Process that alters the DNA of an organism using laboratory techniques.

• Genetic Engineering

• DNA Primer

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Gene amplification