When a patient has been prescribed certain medications that will be most effective based on their genome sequence, which of the following fields has been applied?
a. gene therapy
b. transgenics
c. metagenomics
d. pharmacogenomics
d. pharmacogenomics
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Which of the following are unique to prokaryotes?
a. aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases b. UTRs in mRNA c. introns d. polysomes connected to DNA
In the expression of the gene for insulin, which is secreted outside certain mammalian cells, which of the following steps will occur last?
a. binding of signal recognition particle (SRP) b. removal of introns c. binding of transcription factors d. binding of a release factor
Wood frogs freeze solid during the winter and then thaw in the spring. As the freezing progresses, blood circulation stops. How would you expect cells not being served by the circulatory system to produce ATP during this time, and what by-product would
you expect to build up in the cells? A) aerobic respiration and CO2 B) fermentation and lactate C) fermentation and alcohol D) photosynthesis and O2
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Myosin is a motor protein that walks along intermediate filaments. 2. The flagellum is composed of a 9 + 2 arrangement of microtubules called the axoneme. 3. The Golgi apparatus is much like a warehouse; it processes proteins and sorts them for delivery to certain parts of the cell. 4. Materials move in and out of the nucleus via endocytosis and exocytosis. 5. Both lysosomes and peroxisomes are important for detoxifying substances in the cell.