Streptomyces produce a number of antibiotics
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
True
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The Pax6 gene
A. is a master control gene for limb development. B. codes for a protein that controls the expression genes related to eye development. C. has no known homologs. D. is a homolog to the eyeless gene in rodents.
If it is true that potato plants use uncoupling proteins (UCPs) in a similar way as mammals, one would
expect the following in these plants:
a. increased amounts of ATP production. b. decreased sugar metabolism. c. increased internal tissue temperature. d. decreased mitochondrial catabolism. e. increased cytosolic pH.
Transduction was discovered in 1952 by this Nobel Prize winner
a. Francois Jacob b. Elie L. Wollman c. Gregor Mendel d. Joshua Lederberg e. Fred Griffith
A soft drink manufacturer, notorious for making marketing claims that are deceptive but technically accurate, has released a new sports beverage. The advertisements for this beverage assert that it contains anabolic molecules that provide energy and is 100% legal to produce and consume. You buy a bottle of this beverage for testing and discover that it contains little more than water, disaccharides such as sucrose and maltose, citric acid, and other fairly common fruit flavoring agents. Have you finally caught the company in a lie?
a. Yes! This beverage does not contain any anabolic ingredients despite these claims. b. Yes! Anabolic steroids are illegal in the United States regardless of how they are consumed. c. No; disaccharides are created through anabolic pathways and are perfectly legal. d. No; anabolic molecules denature in the presence of citric acid, becoming legally inert.