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Gene Libraries: Test Document (GGG)
Gene Libraries: Test Document (GGG)
Gene Libraries
The step following DNA extraction of an organism is the
construction of a library to organize the DNA. A gene library can
be defined as a collection of living bacteria colonies that have
been transformed with different pieces of DNA from the organism
that is the source of the gene of interest. If a library is to have a
colony of bacteria for every gene, it will consist of tens of
thousands of colonies or clones.
Library Construction
Constructing a gene library requires not only the extracted DNA,
but also restriction enzymes and a plasmid.