Antibiotics: naturally produced compounds, usually found in molds and fungi but are typically commercially available, that either kill bacteriaplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigBacteria: Single-celled organisms that also utilize DNA and the standard genetic code as all organisms on earth, but unlike eukaryotes do not have intracellular membranes and membrane-bound organelles. In this book we use bacteria and prokaryote interchangeably. or prevent their replicationplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDNA replication: usually the process of starting with a dsDNA molecule and ending with two identical copies of that dsDNA molecule. In most cases, “replication” implies DNA replication.. In genetics research, they are often used to selectplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigSelection: There are two distinct but somewhat related definitions for this term:
In model organism research, a selection is a process through which a researcher is attempting to find rare individuals with certain phenotypes and has some way of enriching for the rare individuals by killing off all other individuals that do not match the search criteria. Contrast to a for the presence of an episomeplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigEpisome: a piece of DNA that exists separately from chromosomes and that can replicate and segregate during cell division. While all episomes are natural in origin, they are commonly exploited by researchers for genetics research. that carries an antibiotic resistance geneplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigGene: read Chapters 02, 03, 04, 05, and 06 for a definition of gene :-).
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glossary/antibiotics.txt · Last modified: 2024/09/01 14:17 by mike