Boston
This red brick or painted line meanders through Boston and beyond
What is the freedom trail
The UMB mascot
What are The Beacons
This structure is made up primarily of phospholipids and proteins
What is the plasma membrane
Not the X or Y
What are autosomes
This city park is home to the swan boats
What is the Public Garden
The current UMB Chancellor
Who is Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
These small hair-like projections are on the outside of eukaryotic cells
What are cilia
These DNA elements can activate gene expression from upstream, within, or downstream of a gene
What are enhancers
The tallest building in Boston
What is the John Hancock building
This building was constructed between June 2011 and January 2015
What is the Integrated Sciences Complex
These structures connect two adjacent cells together to form a barrier
What are tight junctions
These proteins bind DNA and regulate gene expression
What are transcription factors
In 1919 a 15-foot wave of this substance killed 21 people in Boston’s North End
What is molasses
The construction of the UMB harbor point campus was one of the largest public capital construction projects in Massachusetts, second only to this public construction project.
What is the "Big Dig"
These are the largest of the cytoskeletal fibers
What are microtubules
This cytoplasmic molecule is read by the ribosomes to synthesize proteins
What is mRNA
The largest art heist in history happened at this Boston museum
What is the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
The year of the first UMB freshman class
What is 1965
This processes transmits a signal from a cell's exterior to its interior
What is signal transduction
These modifications on cytosine nucleotides can cause gene silencing
What is DNA methylation