Heterologous expression
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Heterologous expression is to express a gene
or part of a gene in a host organism, which does not naturally have this gene or gene fragment.This is mainly done in recombinant DNA technology.
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
or part of a gene in a host organism, which does not naturally have this gene or gene fragment.This is mainly done in recombinant DNA technology.