Producing Human Therapeutic Proteins in Bacteria
Genetic engineering can be used to create therapeutic treatments for diseases like diabetes that result from loss of protein function. This article outlines the process that allows human proteins like insulin to be expressed in bacterial cells. This excerpt is from the Introduction of the ABE Student Guide.
Topics
- Amgen Biotech Experience
- cloning
- genetic engineering
- plasmid
- recombinant
- DNA
- restriction enzymes
- ori
- transcription
- sequence
- bacteria
- ABE
- insulin
- blood clotting factor
- human growth hormone
- macromolecules
- gene