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The Biotechnology Portal Welcome to the Biotechnology portal. Biotechnology is a technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. Of the many different definitions available, the one declared by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is one of the broadest: "Biotechnology means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use." (Article 2. Use of Terms) More about Biotechnology... 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Categories Biotechnology subcategories: Bioinformatics - Biotechnology companies - Biotechnology law - Biotechnology products - Cell imaging - Cloning - Genetic engineering - Genetically modified organisms - Molecular genetics - Stem cells Selected article How you can collaborate The lac operon is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in Escherichia coli and some other enteric bacteria. It consists of three adjacent structural genes, a promoter, a terminator, and an operator. The lac operon is regulated by several factors including the availability of glucose and of lactose. Gene regulation of the lac operon was the first genetic regulatory mechanism to be elucidated and is often used as the canonical example of prokaryotic gene regulation. The lac operon consists of three structural genes, a promoter, a terminator, and an operator. The three structural genes are: lacZ, lacY, and lacA. lacZ encodes β-galactosidase (LacZ), an intracellular enzyme that cleaves the disaccharide lactose into glucose and galactose. lacY encodes β-galactoside permease (LacY), a membrane bound transport protein that pumps lactose into the cell. lacA encodes β-galactoside transacetylase (LacA), an enzyme that transfers an acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to β-galactosides. Only lacZ and lacY appear to be necessary for lactose catabolism. Join up and contribute. Improving and expanding a Biotechnology stub. Creating an article about Biotechnology: You can create an article from the requested articles list. Adding new data to selected questions, anecdotes, articles & title images. Adding the {{biotech-stub}} to those very little articles related to Biotechnology. You can make suggests in the discussion page. Did you know... Help Policies, conventions and guidelines What are portals? 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