Biochemistry
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Author: Lubert Stryer, Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto Jr.
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 33, Problem 6P
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The responsiveness of gene expression for cells treated with estrogen and progesterone should be determined.
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Recombinant DNA (rDNA) are the DNA strands that are formed by the recombinant method in the laboratories. Recombination is done by bringing together different genes and making a new DNA strand, which otherwise cannot be found in a normal cell’s genome.
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