BIOTECHNOLOGY - V. H. Herasymenko - 2006

Part II. Special Biotechnologies

Chapter 12. BIOTECHNOLOGY OF HORMONE PRODUCTION

Review Questions

1. What are the Methods used to obtain Hormones?

2. What is The basis of novel hormone production technologies, and what are their advantages over traditional ones?

3. What stages are involved in the Recombinant DNA technology for hormone production?

4. How are hormone genes obtained?

5. How does Gene cloning take place?

6. Biosynthesis of Insulin, its Structure, and biological role.

7. PRODUCTION OF INSULIN by Traditional Methods and its drawbacks.

8. What novel technologies exist for insulin production?

9. What methods are used to obtain the insulin gene?

10. Production of recombinant somatotropin and its biological role.

11. What are the methods for obtaining somatotropin?

12. What are the advantages of the Introduction/32.html">Genetic Engineering METHOD for obtaining somatotropin?

13. Fields of application of somatotropin.



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