GATTACA
How is Vincent and Anton genetically different?
Anton's genetics come from genetic screening, whereas Vincent was reproduced by his parents
Fluorescent dyes glow because they absorb energy and then release it as this
What is light?
This protein moves oxygen through your bloodstream
What is Hemoglobin?
A bond where atoms share electrons unevenly is called this
What is a polar covalent bond
Which technique separates DNA and proteins by applying current through a porous agarose matrix
What is Gel Electrophoresis?
What physical ailment prevents Vincent from ever "legally" attaining his dream?
What is Congenital Heart Disease
This lab method uses light to study how molecules absorb energy
What is spectroscopy?
These molecules store long-term energy as fats.
What are lipids?
Hydrogen bonds commonly form between hydrogen and these two atoms
What are oxygen and nitrogen?
What technique makes millions of copies of a DNA fragment using heat and enzymes
What is the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
How is Vincent finally exposed at the GATTACA spaceport?
What is an invalid urine sample
This method measures how much light passes through a solution to determine concentration
What is spectrophotometry?
This simple sugar repeats to form starch and glycogen
What is glucose?
Because of this property, water can absorb a lot of heat without big temperature changes
What is high specific heat?
Which machine allows detection of light to track molecules in real time.
What is Fluorescence microscope?
What does the name Eugene represent?
Eukaryotes or the meaning of true in biology
A device that turns a sensor’s signal into numbers we can measure is called this
What is a transducer?
When heat or pH changes cause proteins to lose shape, this happens
What is denaturation?
Enzymes speed up reactions by lowering this
What is activation energy?
This method transfers proteins from a gel to a membrane so antibodies can detect them
What is Western blotting?
What does the word GATTACA represent
What is single stranded DNA (ssDNA)
Scientists often use this fast-spinning machine to separate cell parts
What is a centrifuge
Which atoms are known as the 4 Organic Elements?
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen
This chromatography technique separates molecules based on solubility and can be performed using rubbing alcohol.
What is Paper Chromatography
This gene-editing tool uses a guide RNA to target specific DNA sequences
What is CRISPR-Cas9?