Chapter 1.2 Quiz

Recombinant DNA can be inserted into _____, where it is used to produce new _______.

• cells, products

• products, cells

• bacteria, cells

• cells, viruses

molecular agents derived from fungi and/or bacteria that impede the growth and survival of some other microorganisms

• Antibiotics

• Restriction Enzyme

• DNA Ligase

• Recombinant DNA

an enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific nucleotide sequence

• Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

• Restriction Enzyme

• DNA Ligase

• Recombinant DNA

an enzyme that binds together disconnected strands of a DNA molecule

• Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

• E. coli

• DNA Ligase

• Recombinant DNA

organisms that contain DNA from another organism and produce new proteins encoded on the acquired DNA

• Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

• E. coli

• Plasmid

• Recombinant DNA

a rod-shaped bacterium native to the intestines of mammals; commonly used in genetics and biotechnology

• Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

• E. coli

• Plasmid

• t-PA

a tiny, circular piece of extra chromosomal DNA, used in recombinant DNA technologies

• Human Genome Project

• E. coli

• Plasmid

• t-PA

- a naturally occurring enzyme that breaks down blood clots and clears blocked blood vessels

• Human Genome Project

• E. coli

• Plasmid

• t-PA

effort to determine the DNA sequence on all 23 human chromosomes

• Human Genome Project

• Biomedical

• Biotechnology

• Bioengineering

As the methods of _________ living things have become more sophisticated, the number and variety of new biological products have __________ at an incredible rate.

• modifying, increased

• modifying, decreased

• reverting, increased

• reverting, decreased