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into Eukaryotes
Mom, please, may I have a
glowing fish, too?
Transfection
Delivery of foreign molecules (DNA)
into eukaryotic cells
Cell begins to read the piece of DNA
and produce the protein encoded on it
Can change an
entire animal or just
a culture of cells
View with
fluorescent
microscope
Use blue or
ultraviolet light
GFP
Green fluorescent protein
Gives luminescent jelly fish their greenish
glow
Plasmid
Vector