Abridged Genetic Engineering Sequence

BACKGROUND: WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING

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Treating Disease with Gene Cloning

Dateline: America "Teenage Diabetes on the Rise"

Diabetes Types 1 and 2

Your Challenge

LAB 1.1 MICROPIPETTE USE

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How to use the Micropipette

Introduction: p 19

Lab: p 20-25

LAB 1.2 GEL ELECTROPHORESIS

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Part A: Pipetting in the Wells

Lab: p 26-29

Part B: Separating Dyes with Gel Electrophoresis

Lab: p 29-34

LAB 2A PLASMID RESTRICTION

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Preparing to verify the RFP gene: Digesting the pARA-R plasmid

Introduction: p 37-45

Lab: p 46-53

LAB 4A VERIFICATION

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Verification of the Recombinant Plasmid using Gel Electrophoresis

Introduction: p 57-62

Lab: p 63-68

LAB 5A TRANSFORMATION

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Transforming Bacteria with the pARA-R Plasmid

Introduction: p 71-75

Lab: p 76-86