prokaryotic gene regulation
eukaryotic gene regulation
biotech terms 1
biotech terms 2
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100
coordinated control of gene expression in bacteria is achieved through
What are operons
100
Doing this to DNA would slow down or turn off transcription, while acetylation would increase it.
What is methylation
100
the process of manipulating organisms or their components to make useful products is referred to as
What is biotechnology
100
where the nucleus of the eggs removed and replaced with the nucleus of a body cell.
What is nuclear transplantation
100
Can reproduce indefinitely and produce specialized cells
What is a stem cell
200
this protein is produced by a regulatory gene
What is a repressor
200
Adding this small protein to another protein in the cell it is no longer needed would mark it for destruction.
What is ubiquitin.
200
describes a cell that can give rise to many (but no all) cell types
What is pluripotent
200
Describes a cell that can give rise to any other cell type
What is totipotent
200
Alternative ____________ is a way eukaryotic gene expression could be altered at the level of post-transcriptional processing
What is splicing
300
this molecule binds to a repressor so that the repressor can no longer bind to the operator
What is an inducer
300
the removal of ___________ and alternative splicing of eons is an example of post-transcriptional control of gene expression.
What are introns
300
technique used to separate DNA molecules on the basis of size and charge
What is electrophoresis
300
technique used to amplify DNA without the use of cells
What is PCR
300
the single-stranded ends of restriction fragments
What are sticky ends
400
the tryptophan operon is a repressible operon that is turned off whenever _____________ is present.
What is tryptophan
400
__________ always involves the production of tissue-specific proteins, like actin molecules in muscle cells.
What is cell differentiation
400
technique used to study hundreds of genes at the same time.
What is DNA microarray
400
enzyme used to join DNA fragments
What is DNA ligase
400
technique used for determining gene presence
What is Southern blotting
500
the lactose operon is likely to be transcribed when these two molecules are present in high levels
What are lactose and cyclic AMP
500
the phenomenon in which RNA molecules in a cell are destroyed if they have a sequence complementary to an introduced double-stranded RNA is called
What is RNA interference
500
technique used to track a gene of interest
What is nucleic acid hybridization
500
this type of membrane is used in nucleic acid hybridization don't worry, this one isn't on the test, i just ran out of hard questions.
What is nitrocellulose
500
the current method of DNA fingerprinting
What is STR analysis
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