IB Biology D1.3 Definitions
This page contains our IB Biology definitions for D1.3. By learning each one of these definitions, you will fully cover the content for IB Biology 'Gene editing'.
enzyme
A protein that speeds up and controls the rate of reactions of metabolism by lowering the activation energy required for a reaction to happen
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Gene Knockout
A genetic engineering technique used to remove or inactivate specific genes in an organism
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genome
All the genes in an organism
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hypercholesterolaemia
A genetic condition characterized by very high levels of cholesterol in the blood
mutation
A random change to the base sequence of a gene
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TALENs
Nucleases that bind to a DNA domain and cleave it to introduce a frameshift mutation and inactivate the gene
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