by afreeman1984 » Thu May 10, 2012 11:19 pm
DNA microarray technologies are very cool. By looking at gene switching under different conditions genes can be pinpointed which are responsible for lipid biosynthesis. Also carotenoids, omega fatty acids, and antioxidant synthesis, can all be deduced as far as their metabolic pathways. There are new cassette kits which these genes can be programmed into plasmids and expressed. Now we have a GMO strain able to make out product. Hurray, save the world!