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Chapter 15: Genetic Engineering Section 15-2: Recombinant DNA Copying DNA Breeders relied on natural variation produced by unpredictable mutations Genetic engineers today can transfer genes from one organism to another, creating new living things Need to isolate DNA, cut it with REs, separate it with gel electrophoresis Finding Genes If a scientists is looking for a particular gene, they can use a technique called Southern blotting analysis Example: In 1987 Douglas Prasher was looking for the gene in jellyfish that creates GFP, green fluorescent protein Wanted to isolate and use this gene as a marker Finding Genes Figured out the most likely mRNA sequence for part of the amino acid sequence Compared to thousands of others until he found the exact sequence in the jellyfish Found the actual gene by taking a gel with jellyfish DNA that had been cut with REs Found fragment that bound exactly to mRNA – this was the gene Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique used to make multiple copies of a gene once it is found DNA heated to separate strands Cooled, primers added DNA polymerase produces complementary strands Repeated over and over Changing DNA Scientists can create custom DNA molecules and insert them into living cells Machines called DNA synthesizers produce short segments of DNA which can then be joined to natural sequences using DNA ligase or other enzyme for splicing Combining DNA Fragments If two DNA sequences from two different organisms are cut with the same RE, their sticky ends can be matched and they can be permanently bonded Resulting molecules called recombinant DNA (recombinant DNA technology) Plasmids and Genetic Markers Sometimes genes were “lost” once they were inserted because they did not replicate along with the cell’s regular DNA Now add the genes plus a replication “start” signal Technique often used to create recombinant plasmids in bacteria (extra, circular DNA), yeasts Use markers to identify inserted genes Transgenic Organisms Organisms that contain genes from other species Produced by inserting recombinant DNA into genome of host organism Contain genetic markers Transgenic Plants Plant cells often transformed with Argobacterium, which in nature inserts a gene into plants that produces tumors Scientists deactivate the tumor gene, replace it with recombinant DNA, which then transforms plant cells Transgenic Plants Can also be produced by removing cell wall and allowing plant cell to pick up extra DNA, or inject DNA directly Transgenic Animals If the egg cell is large enough, DNA can be injected directly into nucleus and hopefully inserted into chromosomes Now we can also eliminate genes by inserting new recombinant DNA within them Cloning A clone is a member of a genetically identical cells produced from a single cell Uses a single cell from an adult organism to grow an entirely new organism – genetically identical Animal cloning involves nuclear transplantation Animal Cloning Nucleus of unfertilized egg removed Egg cell fused with donor nucleus taken from adult Resulting diploid cell develops into embryo Embryo implanted into uterine wall of foster mother Develops until birth