Biology and Genetics

You are interested in finding out how the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

You are interested in finding out how the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is so good at making bread and have collected five new related species from the wild. You sequence…

You are interested in gene X and analyzed gene X by PCR (with enzyme digestion),

You are interested in gene X and analyzed gene X by PCR (with enzyme digestion), a Northern blot (i.e., looking at all transcripts corresponding to gene X), a Western blot (i.e., …

You are interested in how cells transport two different solutes so you first soa

You are interested in how cells transport two different solutes so you first soak your cells in a medium that has very high levels of two solutes, B and C. You can ensure that bot…

You are interested in how cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) functions

You are interested in how cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) functions to affect learning and memory, and you decide to study its function in the brain. It is known that,…

You are interested in how cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) functions

You are interested in how cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) functions to affect learning and memory, and you decide to study its function in the brain. It is known that,…

You are interested in how expression of YFGI is regulated In several different c

You are interested in how expression of YFGI is regulated In several different cell types. you have discovered that there are three different regions of the YFGI promoter (A,B, an…

You are interested in how testosterone mediates male mating behavior in mice. On

You are interested in how testosterone mediates male mating behavior in mice. One set of experiments shows that male adults given that when testosterone is blocked in utero, males…

You are interested in identifying important transcription factors for the beta-g

You are interested in identifying important transcription factors for the beta-globin gene and therefore perform two experiments: 1) A linker scanning assay in which you use North…

You are interested in identifying important transcription factors for the beta-g

You are interested in identifying important transcription factors for the beta-globin gene and therefore perform two experiments: 1) A linker scanning assay in which you use North…

You are interested in integral membrane proteins of the plasma membrane. You tre

You are interested in integral membrane proteins of the plasma membrane. You treatments western blotting 4 individual proteins isolated after the following CONTROL: From untreated…

You are interested in integral membrane proteins of the plasma membrane. You tre

You are interested in integral membrane proteins of the plasma membrane. You treatments western blotting 4 individual proteins isolated after the following CONTROL: From untreated…

You are interested in mapping the genetic distance between two phage genes. You

You are interested in mapping the genetic distance between two phage genes. You know from your genetics course that relative gene distance in both bacteria and eukaryotes can be d…

You are interested in observing independent assortment in Drosophila melanogaste

You are interested in observing independent assortment in Drosophila melanogaster. You have established a true-breeding mutant line with curved wings (c), which is controlled by a…

You are interested in observing independent assortment in Drosophila melanogaste

You are interested in observing independent assortment in Drosophila melanogaster. You have established a true-breeding mutant line with curved wings (c), which is controlled by a…

You are interested in observing independent assortment in Drosophila melanogaste

You are interested in observing independent assortment in Drosophila melanogaster. You have established a true-breeding mutant line with curved wings (c), which is controlled by a…

You are interested in sex determination. A. If a patient had a mutation in a gen

You are interested in sex determination. A. If a patient had a mutation in a gene that was active in late testes differentiation, would the patient show as male or female? What ph…

You are interested in studying The composition of lipid bilayers and how they ar

You are interested in studying The composition of lipid bilayers and how they are maintained. You discover two uncharacterized phospholipids, which you call PLX and PLZ. You decid…

You are interested in studying a gene called CFTR because mutations in this gene

You are interested in studying a gene called CFTR because mutations in this gene in humans cause cystic fibrosis. You have made a line of mice that lack the mouse CFTR gene. These…

You are interested in studying eukaryotic transcription factors and have develop

You are interested in studying eukaryotic transcription factors and have developed an in vitro transcription system using a segment of DNA that includes a transcribed gene and its…

You are interested in studying eukaryotic transcription factors and have develop

You are interested in studying eukaryotic transcription factors and have developed an in vitro transcription system using a segment of DNA that includes a transcribed gene and its…

You are interested in studying heart function, therefore you have been culturing

You are interested in studying heart function, therefore you have been culturing cardiomyocytes in the lab. Cardiomyocytes are the muscle cells of the heart, and you can visualize…

You are interested in studying lung cancer. You hypothesize that lung tumor grow

You are interested in studying lung cancer. You hypothesize that lung tumor growth is due to deletion of a gene required to stop the cells from dividing uncontrollably. You have b…

You are interested in studying protein Y because it binds to your favorite prote

You are interested in studying protein Y because it binds to your favorite protein X but only after X is covalently modified by a kinase Identify amino acids in Y that would be ca…

You are interested in studying protein interactions with your favorite protein (

You are interested in studying protein interactions with your favorite protein (YFP). Specifically, you wish to determine if YFP interacts with another interesting protein (AIP) i…

You are interested in studying the cell cycle and have joined a lab to do so. A

You are interested in studying the cell cycle and have joined a lab to do so. A student in the lab has taken the genes encoding for Cdk and M-cyclin, expressed them separately in …

You are interested in studying the effects of two newly developed cancer drugs o

You are interested in studying the effects of two newly developed cancer drugs on the expression of a well-characterized oncogene, Ras. To do this, you go back to your cultured ce…

You are interested in studying the expression of the Abcal gene in mice at the R

You are interested in studying the expression of the Abcal gene in mice at the RNA level. In order to study Abcal you isolate total RNA from the following tissues and perform a No…

You are interested in studying the extracellular binding of proteins to the plas

You are interested in studying the extracellular binding of proteins to the plasma membrane of neuroblastoma cells. You are using fluorescently labeled lectins, which are a class …

You are interested in studying the extracellular matrix and its interaction with

You are interested in studying the extracellular matrix and its interaction with cell signaling and have isolated a new signaling molecule important for whisker cell proliferation…

You are interested in studying the parenting skills of Americans and Europeans.

You are interested in studying the parenting skills of Americans and Europeans. As a psychologist, your research is attempting to answer which enduring question? Select one answer…

You are interested in studying the transcriptional regulation of the Gip1 promot

You are interested in studying the transcriptional regulation of the Gip1 promoter. The Gip1 promoter contains a binding site for the Jk8 protein that overlaps with the binding si…

You are interested in studying the transcriptional regulation of the Gip1 promot

You are interested in studying the transcriptional regulation of the Gip1 promoter. The Gip1 promoter contains a binding site for the Jk8 protein that overlaps with the binding si…

You are interested in studying transcription factor X (TFX). You test putative f

You are interested in studying transcription factor X (TFX). You test putative functional domains of TFX using deletion mutants in the reporter assay outlined below and using a ge…

You are interested in the U. (50 points) miRNA1. The gene by overexpressing TF4

You are interested in the U. (50 points) miRNA1. The gene by overexpressing TF4 and miRNA1 in these cells. Finaly, you also introduce Because the siRNA tube each experimental cond…

You are interested in the directional cloning of the maize heat shock protein ge

You are interested in the directional cloning of the maize heat shock protein gene (2 kb) into the vector pGAL. You need to choose the restriction sites that you will include in y…

You are interested in the directional cloning of the maize heat shock protein ge

You are interested in the directional cloning of the maize heat shock protein gene (2 kb) into the vector pGAL. You need to choose the restriction sites that you will include in y…

You are interested in the effects of mutations on the expression of a particular

You are interested in the effects of mutations on the expression of a particular human protein-encoding gene expressed in skin cells. The gene has one intron that is 450 nucleotid…

You are interested in the function of a protein, Mtm1, that has a PH domain, an

You are interested in the function of a protein, Mtm1, that has a PH domain, an SH3 domain, and a PTB domain. Mtm1 functions downstream of the insulin receptor and binds to this r…

You are interested in the function of a protein, Mtm1, that has a PH domain, an

You are interested in the function of a protein, Mtm1, that has a PH domain, an SH3 domain, and a PTB domain. Mtm1 functions downstream of the insulin receptor and binds to this r…

You are interested in the function of a protein, Mtm1, that has a PH domain, an

You are interested in the function of a protein, Mtm1, that has a PH domain, an SH3 domain, and a PTB domain. Mtm1 functions downstream of the insulin receptor and binds to this r…

You are interested in understanding more about the contractile ring used during

You are interested in understanding more about the contractile ring used during cytokinesis, and isolate a protein called FBPI that binds to formin and localizes it to the site of…

You are interested in understanding the mechanism of action of your favorite mou

You are interested in understanding the mechanism of action of your favorite mouse protein (YFP). You suspect that YFP interacts with a histone demethylase, KDM1. Assuming you hav…

You are interested in understanding the regulation of nuclear lamina assembly in

You are interested in understanding the regulation of nuclear lamina assembly in vitro system for studying this process you start with partly purified nuclear subunits to which yo…

You are interested in understanding the regulation of nuclear lamina assembly. T

You are interested in understanding the regulation of nuclear lamina assembly. To create an in vitro system for studying this process you start with partly purified nuclear lamina…

You are interested in understanding whether chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas

You are interested in understanding whether chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who switch from smoking cigarettes to using e-cigarettes have better COPD outcome…

You are interested in whether two loci in a population are in linkage disequilib

You are interested in whether two loci in a population are in linkage disequilibrium, so you have determined the haploid genotypes for 300 randomly sampled gametes. You obtained t…

You are interested n the function of a protein. Mtm1, that has a PH domain, an S

You are interested n the function of a protein. Mtm1, that has a PH domain, an SH3 domain, and a PTB domain. Mtm1 functions downstream of the insulin receptor and binds to this re…

You are interested to prepare a 50 ml agarose gel that has a final concentration

You are interested to prepare a 50 ml agarose gel that has a final concentration of 2% (w/v) agarose and 1X SYBR Safe Stain. How much agarose (in grams) and 10,000X SYBR Safe Stai…

You are interpreting data on a DNA chip or microarray. You expose the chip to a

You are interpreting data on a DNA chip or microarray. You expose the chip to a mixture of two cDNA populations: one from cells that were not treated with a glucocorticoid hoemone…

You are interpreting data on a DNA chip or microarray. You exposethe chip to a m

You are interpreting data on a DNA chip or microarray. You exposethe chip to a mixture of two cDNA populations: one from cells thatwere not treated with a glucocorticoid hormone (…