Restriction Enzymes
The biological molecules that act like molecular scissors, cutting DNA at specific sequences.
Restriction Enzymes
Name one of the three scientists who discovered restriction enzymes in the 1960s.
Werner Arber, Hamilton O. Smith, and Daniel Nathans
Does Christian still reek?
Obviously, but no longer because of his genes
The life-saving hormone produced using recombinant DNA technology to treat diabetes.
Insulin
The first criminal convicted using DNA fingerprinting in 1987.
Colin Pitchfork
The specific type of DNA sequence that restriction enzymes recognize and cut.
Palindrome
The first restriction enzyme to be discovered and widely used in genetic engineering.
EcoRI
The circular DNA structure in bacteria that is used to insert and express new genes.
Plasmid
The process in which scientists introduce a corrected gene to replace a faulty one in an organism.
Gene Therapy
The technique used in forensics to compare DNA fragments and identify individuals.
DNA fingerprinting
The enzyme that scientists use to reconnect DNA fragments after they are cut.
DNA Ligase
The year restriction enzyme research won the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
1978
The process of combining DNA from different sources to create useful biological products.
Recombinant DNA Technology
The key reason scientists must use the same restriction enzyme on both the plasmid and the gene of interest.
To create complementary sticky ends for proper DNA recombination
The type of plate used to ensure that only bacteria that successfully take up a plasmid survive.
Antibiotic Plate