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Where are enhancers located?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
may be upstream, downstream or within interon of gene they control (due to looping)Continue reading
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When you see “zinc fingers”, “leucine zippers”, or “helix-loop-helix”, what are they talking about? What are the fingers?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Enhancers (steroid receptors are fingers, while cAMP response elements are zippers)Continue reading
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If you have multiple abnormalities with a single gene point mutation, where is the mutatuion?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
HOX or PAX geneContinue reading
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Dx: childhood obesity and hyperphagia, hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, small hands and feet, mental retardation, hypotonia Type of genetic problem?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Prader-Willi syndrome Genetic Imprinting (father's gene only)Continue reading
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Dx: mental retardation, continuous laughing Type of genetic problem?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Angelman syndrome "Happy Puppet syndrome" Genetic Imprinting (mother's gene only)Continue reading
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What does bacteria do to protect its DNA? How does it destroy foreign DNA (bacteriophage)?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
it Methylates its DNA Restriction endonucleasesContinue reading
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What do restriction endonucleases recognize in the sequence?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
palindromesContinue reading
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Library made from nuclear DNA and is good for seeing all sequences in the cell. Which library is good for seeing proteins (exons) without introns?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Genomic Libraries cDNA LibrariesContinue reading
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Example of a key tissue for collagen types 1-4
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Bone SCAB: I: bone, Skin II: Cartilage III: Arteries IV: Basement membrane (4 to the floor)Continue reading
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What is a key feature to a Dominant genetic problem in pedigree (vs. recessive)?
12:00 AM | November 30, -0001Author: Adeleke
Dominant - every generation is affected (not in recessive)Continue reading