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Genetic engineering

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the use of in vitro techniques to alter genetic material in the lab

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First gene clone and purified from pigs

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insulin

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Recombinant DNA technology

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the artificial recombination of DNA from two organisms

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Restriction Endonuclease Enzyme

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  • recognition specific DNA sequences and cut DNA

- essential for in vitro DNA manipulation and gene cloning

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Methylation

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cells must protect themselves from inadvertent destruction

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Type II

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  • cleave DNA within recognition sequence

- most useful for specific DNA manipulation

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Type I

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  • first discovered/purified
  • cuts DNA at random far from recognition sequence
  • little practical value
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Type III

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  • large
  • cleaves outside of recognition
  • rarely used
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How do structures of cleaved products differ?

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3’ or 5’ overhang or blunt ends

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recognition sequence are usually….

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4-8 bp long

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how are the 3 letters in REs designated?

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  • first letter is genus RE isolated
  • next two represent species of RE isolated from
  • Roman numeral indicated order of discovery
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Escherichia coli enzyme designation

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EcoRI, EcRV

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Escherichia coli recognition sequence

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I: G|AATTC
V: CTTAA|G

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DNA fragments produced by EcoRI

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5’ overhangs

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DNA fragments produced by Pstl

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3’ overhangs

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DNA fragments produced by Smal

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blunt ends

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The nucleic acid sequence where EcoRI cuts

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GAATTC

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Molecules with complimentary sticky ends can easily….

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anneal or form H bonds

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Ligation

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by DNA ligase can rejoin two sugar phosphate backbones of DNA through covalent bonding

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After modification, DNA can no longer….

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be cut by a RE

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3 main steps of gene cloning

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  1. isolation and fragmentation of source DNA
  2. insertion of DNA fragments into cloning vector
  3. intro of cloned DNA into host organism
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plasmids

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natural vectors and have useful properties of cloning vectors

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why are plasmids useful?

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  • small
  • independent origin of replication
  • multiple copy # so multiple copies of cloned genes
  • presence of selectable markers
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vector transfer to host can be accomplished by

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chemical transformation of host cell, sometimes conjugation or transduction, or electroporation

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essential features of plasmid pUC19
- ampicillin resistance, polylinker with multiple restriction enzyme cut sites, - lacZ is fully functional even with presence of polylinker
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pUC19 size
- small | - 2686 bp
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enzyme used for cloning
- restriction endonuclease - DNA ligase - reverse transcriptase - DNA polymerase
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DNA ligase
catalyzes the going of two strands of DNA between 5' and 3' adjacent nucleotides with either cohesive or blunt ends
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reverse transcription
converts RNA into DNA
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DNA polymerase
mostly used for 5'3' polymerizing activity | - also have 3'5' and 5'3' exonuclease activity
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blue colonies
do NOT have vector with foreign DNA inserted
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white colonies
have foreign DNA inserted
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genomic library
nearly/complete copy of organisms genome contained as recombinant DNA plasmids/ phages
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To clone only expressed genes, libraries can be constructed using....
organisms mRNA
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how is mRNA cloned?
not directly.. used as template for retroviral reverse transcriptase
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common host strains
E. coli, Bacillus subtilis, saccharmoyces cervisiae
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ideal hosts should be....
- rapid growth - non pathogenic - incorporates DNA - stable - allows replication of vector
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E. coli
pro: well developed, main strains, well know cons: pathogenic, traps proteins
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bacillus subtilis
pros: easily transformed, nonpathogenic, secreted proteins cons: unstable, less developed
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saccharomyces cerevisiae
pros: well developed, nonpathogenic, processes mRNA, easy to grow cons: unstable, doesn't replicate bacterial plasmids
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Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
separates DNA by charge/size
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Agarose gels can be stain with ______ and DNA is visualized under _______.
ethidium bromide | UV light
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the same DNA cut with different restriction enzymes will have _____ banding patterns on an agarose gel.
different
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RE map
a map of location of restriction enzyme cuts on a segment of DNA
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PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction - DNA replication in a test tube - rapid amplification in number of copies of specific DNA
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applications of PCR
- determine DNA from a particular region - cloning specific fragments - identifying DNA source (crime) - paternity tests - ancient DNA compared to modern - ascertaining difficult to culture organisms
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steps in PCR amplification
1. denatured by heating 2. synthetic DNA is added 3. DNA polymerase is added (Taq poly/ Pfu poly) 4. heat & cool
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a variation of PCR
reverse transcriptase PCR 1. add primer and reverse transcriptase 2. form single stranded cDNA 3. add RNase H 4. add primer specific to 5' end + taq = double stranded cDNA
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nucleic acid hybridization
base pairing of single stranded DNA/RNA from 2 different sources to give hybrid double helix
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nucleic acid probe
segments of single-stranded DNA that is used for hybridization *ss DNA complementary to the sequence of gene of interest
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how are nucleic acid probes created?
cloning, synthesis, denaturing, or fragment of DNA
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molecular beacon
radioactive, fluorescent dye
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synthesized DNA is used for...
primers and probes, and in site-directed mutagenesis
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FISH
Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization | -fluorescent probes attach to Olig.
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Southern blot
1. labelled DNA probes is used to find complementary sequence by hybrid. with radioactive probe 2. position of hybrid band is noted using X-ray/radiography or fluorescent 3. only some DNA fragments hybridize.
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Northern blot
- RNA is in the gel - radioactive probe to specific gene - same blot probed with 5S RNA as a control
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how to detect clones containing correct DNA inserts
- must establish that cloning procedures worked - initial selection-- antibiotic resistance; white-blue screening - if cells express foreign gene, expression might be detected - look for specific DNA id the gene is not expressed.
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reporter genes
encodes proteins easy to visualize | i.e. lacZ, luciferase, green fluorescents
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gene fusions
promotors or coding sequences of gene of interest can be swapped with those of reporter genes to elucidate gene regulation under various conditions
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site-directed mutagenesis
performed in vitro and introduces mutations at a precise location
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cassete mutagenesis/knockout mutations
DNA fragment can be cut, excised and replaced by synthetic DNA fragments
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gene disruption/insertional inactivation
cassettes (i.e. antibiotic resistance genes) are inserted into a gene and disrupting its function
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knockout mutation
total loss of gene function when disrupted gene recombines into chromosome
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