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Molecular Alchemy: Genetic Engineering Lexicon
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- 1. Process introducing nucleic acids into eukaryotic cells
- 2. Motif enabling targeted DNA binding by engineered proteins
- 4. Organism harboring foreign DNA through artificial insertion
- 7. Sequence similarity exploited for precise genetic recombination
- 10. Layer of regulation modifying gene expression sans sequence change
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- 3. Short synthetic DNA fragment used for probing or priming
- 5. Adaptive bacterial defense system co-opted for genomic editing
- 6. DNA molecule artificially assembled from disparate genetic sources
- 8. Enzyme synthesizing nucleic acid strands during replication
- 9. Monomeric unit composing the blueprint of life’s polymers
- 11. Large-scale study of the entire complement of proteins
- 12. Specific antigenic determinant recognized by an antibody