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Biotechnology
Antibiotic Resistance in Cloning
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Antibiotic resistance genes help scientists find bacteria that took up a plasmid with a gene of interest. In genetic engineering, this resistance is used as a marker, not just as a medical concern. The same process also connects to the growing problem of resistant bacteria in the real world.
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Antibiotic selection is a method used to identify bacterial cells that have taken up a plasmid.
A plasmid is a small circular DNA molecule that includes a gene of interest for expression in host cells, along with an antibiotic resistance gene that provides resistance to specific antibiotics.
During transformation, plasmid DNA and bac...
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