3.20.20 DEFINITIONS

Genetically-Modified Organisms: An organism that that contains genes that do not originate from the organism itself.

GMO’s can be found in all typical foods, since the FDA has no regulation on notifying consumers on the presence of GMOS.

pGLO/GFP: pGLO is a plasmid of genetic information that codes for many proteins one being GFP, green fluorescent protein which gives off said color when underneath UV light.

The pGLO plasmid is able to be inserted into bacterial cells, that will then grow colonies with the GFP.

Hydrophobic Interaction Column (HIC): A column filled with tiny bead like structures aimed to interact with proteins that show hydrophobic character, having them pass through the column with much more resistance than hydrophilic proteins.

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