1. What are the difference between a proto-oncogene and an oncogene? 2. What is the difference between c-gene and v-gene?

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Q: 4. Shown here is a regulation of a gene a) Is this a prokaryotic or eukaryotic gene? Explain in…

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Q: 5. (Friday lecture) Some common genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis cause infertility. How can a…

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Q: . Why doesn't having a gene variant associated with a particular illness or disorder guarantee a…

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Q: Which of the introns listed below are usually removed from hnRNA only by spliceosomes?…

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Q: 2. What works against an oncogene? A. oncogene mediator B. tumor suppressor gene C. mutation gene D.…

A: A gene involved in regular cell proliferation that has been altered to become an oncogene. Oncogenes…

Q: 9. Evaluate if the following statement is true or false. Justify your answer: A woman with BRCA1…

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Q: pseudogene is Group of answer choices a type of gene only found in humans a gene that can switch on…

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Q: 14. Antithrombin is a drug that is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat…

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Q: blood cell surface protein that is glycosylated by products of the I gene with alleles IA, IB and/or…

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Q: 1. Describe the difference in the bands for the PCR and RT-PCR from the CD4+ T cells (ie. Make an…

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Q: 1. what is modifying gene? 2. What is gene redundancy?

A: 1. what is modifying gene?   2. What is gene redundancy?

Q: 1. Which of the following terns refers to both the movement of a ribosome along a piece of MRNA and…

A: A karyotype test examines the size, structure, and amount of chromosomes in your body. The sections…

Q: The molecular mechanisms that underlie epigenetics include which of the following? (select all that…

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Q: Why aren't ssb proteins necessary in transcription?

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Q: .Beta thalassemia is caused by a mutation in beta hemoglobin. Beta hemoglobin is a member of a group…

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Q: When a particular mutagen is identified by the Ames test and injected into mice (group A), it causes…

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Q: A fusion protein can be synthesized to carry a specific tag, which is useful in identifying the…

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Q: ow do CDGs differ from lysosomal storage diseases?

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Q: what is  The process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell via a viral vector?

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Q: 7. Consider the 3 mechanisms of HGT in prokaryotes and identify 1) which one leads to the presence…

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Q: 31. Human cancer cell lines can be implanted into immunocompromised host mice in order to form…

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Q: . An alternative form of a gene is called an

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Q: 2. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a blood cancer with adult onset. In most CML patients, The…

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Q: 10. A fly gene Faf is required for eye development. The human genome has a homologous gene called…

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Q: A transgene is successfully integrated into the genome of an animal zygote. The transgene is under…

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Q: 7. Explain the cyclin-dependent kinases, completely. 8. Describe DNA ALKYLATING AGENTS.

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Q: 14. What are the two types of gene therapy?

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Q: 13. Two transcription factors, A and B, are required to bind an enhancer, E, in order for Gene X to…

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Q: 8. Describe four similarities between embryonic cells and cancer cells. 9. In the paper by…

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Q: Which of the following introns are usually removed from hnRNA only by spliceosomes? non-transcribed…

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Q: 1. Which types of RNA are transcribed by each RNA polymerase enzyme in eukaryotic cells?

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Q: 9. Which one of the following histones is a component of the core particle? A. H1 B. H2A C. H2B D.…

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Q: 36. the diploid somatic nucleus of xenopus has 900 copies of rDNA and in the mature oocyte it could…

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Q: List in the correct order the series of cytoskeletal events that occurs in a newly fertilized egg of…

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Q: why a mutant Ras is an oncogene causing many human cancers

A: Ras proteins are proto-oncogenes that are frequently mutated in human cancers.

Q: 19. In healthy cells, Gene Z is required for cell cycle progression. A patient goes to an oncologist…

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Q: How does intron splicing work? Draw the mechanism. Label the branchpoint and lariat structures.

A: Introns are the non-coding regions of a DNA or an RNA sequence, whereas, the exons are the coding…