Unit 5 - DNA to Proteins & Genetic Engineering

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Unit Outcomes

DNA TO PROTEIN

  • Understand the scientific process of discovery that lead to the structure and function of DNA

  • Know what makes up a nucleotide & the base pairing rules of DNA

  • Understand

  • Understand how DNA makes more of itself (Replication), also how it can find mistakes and repair itself

  • Understand reproductive cloning

  • Understand the differences between DNA and RNA

  • Understand how RNA is made from a DNA strand (Transcription

  • Know the function of the three types of RNA

  • Understand introns and exons and how one gene can actually produce many different proteins

  • Understand the purpose of a Codon and Anticodon

  • Understand the process of creating a chain of amino acids from RNA (Translation)

  • Understand different mutations and how they can affect the code.

BIOTECHNOLOGY

  • Understand the process of cloning DNA and creating plasmids

  • Understand how Plasmids are used to transfer genes between organisms

  • Understand how Antibiotic resistance can be passed from one cell to another

  • Understand how restriction enzymes work and the importance of them to genetic engineering

  • Understand how Gel Electrophoresis separates segments of DNA