One of Dr. Peῆa’s doctoral students, Marisol, finds out there are multiple mutant forms of U ribozymes using BLAST. Remember that U ribozymes make up part of the spliceosome . Will this news be of any benefit?
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
Antibiotic-resistance is one of the gravest dangers to the world’s medical system. As a result, Dr. Jhon Peῆa decides to apply for a research grant from the NIH to investigate novel targets for antibiotic treatment in his lab. Most bacteria have developed resistance to counter the effects of the current crop of antibiotics, which largely target the cell wall, plasma membrane, or ribosomes. Dr. Peῆa’s team has instead been investigating bacterial transcriptional sites and all of his students are asked to attend a group Zoom meeting to discuss ideas to put into the grant.
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