Birgid Schlindwein's
Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms
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| Electroporation | A method for transforrning DNA, especially useful for plant cells, in which high voltage pulses of electricity are used to open pores in cell membranes, through which foreign DNA can pass. |
| Transformation | A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by incorporation of exogenous DNA into its genome. The phenomenon was first described by Griffith (1928) in Diplococcus pneumoniae. |
| Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) | The molecule that encodes genetic information. DNA is a double-stranded molecule held together by weak bonds between base pairs of nucleotides. The four nucleotides in DNA contain the bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). In nature, base pairs form only between A and T and between G and C; thus the base sequence of each single strand can be deduced from that of its partner. |