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BIOT151 Introduction to Biotechnology-due Tuesday Feb 6, 2007

Assignment 2

1.  Why are bacteria frequently used organisms in genetic engineering/biotechnology?

2. What determines a protein's structure?

3.  What is a bacteriophage?

4.  What are restriction enzymes?  What do they do?

5.  What are plasmids?

6.  What is Agrobacterium tumefaciens?

7. Briefly describe microparticle bombardment. 

8.  What is an advantage of microinjection?

9.  What is meant by gene expression?  Why is it important to biotechnology?

10.  What is a gene reporter?