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haael
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I have just read that genetically modified e. coli can synthesize human insulin.
But I wonder.
Human (eucaryotic) genes have all kinds of introns, regulators, starting sequences etc. Bacteria don't have all of those. How can a procaryota produce an eucaryotic peptide? Has the insulin gene been "flattened" before inserted into e. coli?
But I wonder.
Human (eucaryotic) genes have all kinds of introns, regulators, starting sequences etc. Bacteria don't have all of those. How can a procaryota produce an eucaryotic peptide? Has the insulin gene been "flattened" before inserted into e. coli?