What is the cell wall's function in the cell?
a. physically protect and support
b. identify potentially harmful molecules outside the cell
c. prevent water from leaving the cell
d. enclose the cell in a polar envelope
a
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Abnormally folded proteins that cause normal proteins to midfold are called
A) prions B) nucleotides C) peptides D) polymers E) triglycerides
All of the following are used as bioluminescent tools for cell biologists except
A) luciferase. B) rhodopsin. C) GFP. D) YFP. E) none of the above
While walking through the forest, you discover a tree covered in shelf fungi. Although you are unable to determine whether the tree is alive, dead, or dying, you know that shelf fungi are potentially pathogenic and may already have caused significant harm to this particular tree. Nevertheless, you resist the urge to knock down these shelf fungi; why?
a. Shelf fungi also cause warts in humans when touched or inhaled.
b. It would release spores that would infect all of the other trees in the area.
c. The shelf fungi will return valuable nutrients to the forest ecosystem.
d. Damaging shelf fungi causes them to redouble their metabolic rate.
Discuss how mutations in proteins can be used to examine the link between a person’s genotype and that person’s
phenotype. What will be an ideal response?