Recombinant DNA
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biotherapeutic agent, gene targeting, molecular cloning, synthetic nucleic acid
Scope Note
DNA artificially constructed by combining genes from different organisms or by cloning chemically altered DNA, usually for the purpose of genetic manipulation.
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- Recombinant DNA is the general name for taking a piece of one DNA, and and combining it with another strand of DNA.
- Recombinant DNA is difficult and has a low success rate.
- The core of recombinant DNA is based in the discovery of restriction enzymes, which allow cutting and pasting DNA molecules from any source.
- The following are three examples of how recombinant DNA is defined: 1.
- After injection into the host strain, the recombinant DNA is circularized between the two Phage P1 loxP sites by Cre recombinase.
