2. GENE
A Gene is a basic physical and
functional unit of heredity. Genes
which are made up of DNA act as
institutions to molecule called protein
3. CLONING
Cloning is the process of generating an
identical copy of cell or an organism.
Clones are that organism that have
identical gene
4. GENE CLONING
Gene cloning is a genetic engineering
techniques in which a gene of interest
is fused into a plasmid and introduce
into a suitable host,self replicate and
generate a large number of identical
copies of the particular gene
5. STEPS INVOLVED IN GENE CLONING
Generation of foreign DNA molecule
Selection suitable vector
Insertion of foreign DNA into vector
Recombinant DNA introduce into a host cell
Selection and screening of recombinant clones
6. ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS FOR CLONING A GENE
Enzymes of cutting DNA fragments-Restriction
endonuclease
Enzymes of join DNA fragments-DNA ligase
Vehicles for introducing the recombinant
molecule into host cell-Vector
DNA fragments-Gene libraries
Selection of the transformed cell for the presence
of the rDNA
8. APPLICATIONS OF GENE CLONING
Production of protein from cloned gene
Production of recombinant pharmaceuticals in
medicine
EG:Recombinant Insulin
Synthesis of human growth hormones in E.coli
Recombinant vaccine
EG:Vaccine for hepatitis B
The gene addition approach to plant genetic
engineering in agricultural field
EG:plants that make their own insecticides
herbicides resistant crops
9. Identifying the genes in a genomes sequence
determing the function of unknown genes
Studying protein –protein interactions