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To: exDemMom
Of course not, because a higher organism requires different DNA. If it was exactly the same you would have the same species would you not? Guess, you must have been sick when that class was given. -me-

Oh, gee, where do I start? DNA consists of 4 nucleotides, abbreviated G, A, T, C, and all living things use them. Let's see... I use bacteria to grow DNA containing human genes, which I insert into mouse cells and test whether the human genes affect a mouse protein by measuring the amount of firefly enzyme that the cells produce... which is impossible, according to what you said. Yet I, and countless others, have published papers in peer-reviewed journals detailing just this kind of experiment.

I really do not see how your answer refutes my statement. First of all, you are inserting DNA from a more complex organism into a less complex one. Secondly, what did these experiments supposedly prove? That the DNA code of a gene will produce the same protein in different organisms? I would think this is a given. Since these organisms have similar genes, they will produce such proteins when tricked into using one gene for another. You are still inserting DNA into an organism that has the entire network for producing the protein. In fact, that is the reason for doing these insertions. We are trying to produce proteins to use as medicines in humans.

433 posted on 08/17/2002 9:33:57 AM PDT by gore3000
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To: gore3000
Secondly, what did these experiments supposedly prove? That the DNA code of a gene will produce the same protein in different organisms?

That was not, and is not, the purpose of my experiments. I was merely pointing out one type of experiment I perform, a type of experiment which would be impossible according to some things you said earlier. The purpose of my experiments I prefer not to discuss in a forum such as this.

We are trying to produce proteins to use as medicines in humans.

I'm not.

444 posted on 08/20/2002 11:55:58 PM PDT by exDemMom
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