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A Level Biology Edexcel: Topic 5 - 8

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Describe the sequence of events involved in genetically modifying a bacterium cell

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Plasmid is extracted and cut with restriction enzymes an isolated human gene is spliced into the plasmid the modified plasmid is put back into the bacterial cell the cells are left to multiply in a fermenter the bacterial cell can now produced human proteins like insulin the proteins are extracted and purified whilst the bacteria is destroyed


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