Applications of recombinant dna technology

Dianthus caryophyllus barbatus (Fairchild's Mule)

A crossbred of a carnation pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) and Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)

Transgenic plants

Genetically altered plants which contain imported genes

Pest resistant GM crops (Bt crops)

They are genetically modified so they are toxic to certain insects

Rhizobium (nitrogen fixing bacteria)

They are found in the root nodules of leguminous plants, which convert the free atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates in the root nodules

Antibiotics

Are very common and effective cure for different viral, bacterial or protozoan diseases

Tetracycline

Is a broadspectrum napthacene antibiotic produced semi synthetically from chlortetracycline

Walter Gilbert and Lydia Villa-Komaroff

They designed a method of Insulin production through recombinant DNA technology.

Inactive polio vaccine (IPV)

Vaccine used for polio

Urokinase

Used to dissolve blood clots

Chymosin

It was naturally extracted from calve's stomach but due to modernization, it can be produced from microorganisms

Dolly the sheep

First transgenic animal

Biofuels

Derived from biomass and these are renewable and cost effective

Recombinant DNA technology C4 plants

Have higher potential rate of biomass production than C3 plants

Chlortetracycline

An antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens

Streptomyces aureofaciens

Bacterium where chlortetracycline is isolated from

Insulin

A hormone used by diabetics is usually extracted from the pancreas of pigs and cows

Production of Transgenic Animals

This method helps in increasing the variety of selective breeding in animals. It also ensures that better farm animals will be produced for marketable benefits

Distant Hybridization

Desired genes can be transferred to higher organisms from lower organisms.