Restriction enzyme

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in a mixture? Hypothesis: If the pGLO plasmid is inserted into competent Escherichia coli cells, then the transformed bacteria will be resistant to ampicillin and will glow green under UV light. If samples of DNA are cut using certain restriction enxymes and separated using gel electrophoresis, then the smaller the DNA fragment cut, the greater the distance it will travel in the gel. Variables: The control plates used in transformation are the LB and second LB/Amp plates marked

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In the late 1960s Hamilton Smith and Werner Arber discovered restriction enzymes, which have the ability to cut double-stranded DNA segments. Restriction enzymes are enzymes found in bacteria that are used by the cell to cut up foreign viral DNA. Restriction enzymes recognize a certain DNA sequence and bind to that sequence, cutting the DNA at that point. The points that the restriction enzymes bind are called restriction sites. These sites usually have a palindromic sequence around six or eight

reintroduced in Yellowstone changing the biodiversity. The biological traits change as human’s interfere with wildlife, it has affected the population and the reproduction of species (Mary A. Orland, 2014). Modern techniques like cloning and restriction enzymes allow genetic material to be transferred from one organism to another to exchange genetic material. This then puts a permanent change in an organism’s gene making it an artificial species like the Belgian Blue, Featherless chickens and the Enviropig

Analyzing DNA Strands through Electrophoresis Introduction The purpose of the DNA restriction and electrophoresis lab was to first become familiar with the properties of restriction enzymes and discover that they, along with agarose gel electrophoresis, are used to characterize DNA molecules. Restriction enzymes are used to make cuts or join together DNA fragments. The cuts result in either staggered cleavage, or blunt cleavage. Staggered cleavage results when the breaks are offset. This cleavage

Vibrio fischeri is a Gram-negative bacterium that served as the model organism in this experiment. We isolated only the luxAB portion of the entire lux operon and inserted it into the pGEM vector plasmid to transcribe the luciferase enzyme required for bioluminescence. Within the lux operon, luxAB is responsible for producing subunits that form luciferase, which oxidizes the aldehyde made by luxCDE into the reduced flavin-mononucleotide FMNH2 and results in the production of light known as bioluminescence[6]

Though there are other ways that we could identify this particular trait, it was easier and more beneficial to use a restriction enzyme as it allows us to examine the DNA for a specific sequence of nucleotides, known as the restriction site. HaeIII cuts the PCR product into two fragments if the tasting trait is present and leaves the PCR product uncut if the trait is not present. In order to do this, two groups of amplified

gene was determined was through the physical analysis. Interpolating the standard curve the bands were found for the restriction enzyme bands. The 1kb ladder was used to create a standard cure by plotting the size (bp) over the distance traveled in the gel. The gel that was used to create the standard curve can be seen in figure III. The bands created by the restriction enzymes were then measure and recorded, these sizes and distances of