Psychological research has demonstrated that living in poverty has a wide range of negative effects on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of our nationâs children. Poverty impacts children within their various contexts at home, in school, and in their neighborhoods and communities.
Transformation. Definition. noun, plural: transformations. (1) The act, state or process of changing, such as in form or structure; the conversion from one form to another. (2) (biology) Any change in an organism that alters its general character and mode of life; post-natal biological transformation or metamorphosis. (3) (genetics) The genetic alteration of a bacterial cell resulting from the transfer of foreign DNA.
KEY CONCEPTS: Genetic transformation, plasmid DNA, cloning, restriction enzymes, antibiotic selection, gene regulation, transcription, protein expression INTRODUCTION Genetic transformation is the process by which a gene or genes from one organism are transferred to another organism via an engineered molecule of DNA. If the procedure is successful, the organism is capable of producing the protein encoded by the transformed gene, thus creating a genetic change. Genetic transformation is commonly used in