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Genetic engineering Techniques

1997
This chapter gives a brief introduction to the biotechnological techniques which have been used for transforming genomes of plants and plastids. The aim of the engineering methods is to transfer a piece of a species-alien DNA molecule into the genome of a selected species providing the species with a new function or an altered function.
Simonsen, V., Jørgensen, R. B.
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Engineering of the genetic code

Current Opinion in Biotechnology
The genetic code is a universally conserved mechanism that translates genetic information into proteins, consisting of 64 codons formed by four nucleotide bases. With a few exceptions, the genetic code universally encodes 20 canonical amino acids (AAs) and three stop signals, with many AAs represented by multiple codons.
Yael Cohen, Lital Alfonta
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Genetic engineering of immunotoxins

1988
Genetic engineering offers many advantages for the 1) production of immunotoxins (ITs) and 2) design of more effective reagents. In Chapter 9, J.R. Murphy discusses the use of genetic engineering to link genes together resulting in chimeric proteins. This review covers the first applications of genetic engineering technology to improve ITs by studying ...
R J, Youle, L, Greenfield, V G, Johnson
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Genetic engineering of the chloroplast

Biochimie, 2000
Transformation of the plastid genome has a number of inherent advantages for the engineering of gene expression in plants. These advantages include: 10-50 times higher transgene expression levels; the absence of gene silencing and position effect variation; the ability to express polycistronic messages from a single promoter; uniparental plastid gene ...
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Genetic Engineering

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1972
J H, Ford, E F, Kal, J L, Kuehn, J E, Trosko, H, Brody, H D, Chieffo, L R, Howard   +6 more
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Genetic Engineering

Science, 1986
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Genetically Engineered Vaccines

American Pharmacy, 1995
J A, Hughes, G A, Brazeau
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Politics and Genetic Engineering

Politics and the Life Sciences, 1992
THE PURPOSE OF THIS short note is to update readers on recent developments in, and political implications of, genetic engineering, a critical tool in the expanding field of biotechnology. Based on new understanding of the mechanisms of DNA, molecular biologists are now able to chemically cut genes or sets of genes from one organism and splice them into
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Genetic testing in prostate cancer management: Considerations informing primary care

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Mary-Ellen Taplin, Veda Giri, Jacob Berchuck   +2 more
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Genetic Engineering of Animals

1986
Genetic engineering of animals is becoming a reality as the later chapters in this Volume will illustrate. Genetic engineering is the field of manipulating the DNA of a cell or of an animal in order to alter the genetic information contained within the organism’s genome. The standard techniques of recombinant DNA are used.
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