Transgenic bacteria

Transgenic bacteria

Transgenic bacteria refers to bacteria which have been genetically engineered. The first example of this occurred in 1978 when Herbert Boyer working at a University of California laboratory took a version of the human insulin gene and inserted into the bacterium "Escherichia coli" to produce synthetic "human" insulin.

Bacteria-synthesized transgenic products

*Insulin
*Hepatitis B vaccine
*Tissue plasminogen activator
*Human growth hormone
*Ice-minus bacteria

Further reading

* Karl Drlica "Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning: A Guide for the Curious, 4th Edition" ISBN 978-0-471-43416-0.


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