Insulin Production

Study how insulin production happens.

1. Scientists identify the segment in the DNA where synthesis of insulin is encoded called the insulin gene.
2. They use enzyme to cut the insulin gene out of the DNA strand.
3. Plasmid as a container of the gene is removed from bacterium.
4. Plasmid is cut open.
5. Insulin gene is inserted into the plasmid.
6. Enzyme ligase affixes the insulin gene in the plasmid.
7. Plasmid is inserted back to the bacterium and the bacterium will multiply and the insulin production happens.