Example: Temperature Response

What will be an ideal response?


-Sigma factor H needed to turn on heat-shock genes in E. coli.
-Controls on Sigma H:
At lower temperatures, Sigma H that is produced is targeted for degradation.
-At higher temperatures greater production to due higher translation.

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A.  energized. B.  oxidized. C.  polarized. D.  reduced.

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The illustration in the accompanying figure represents an early phylogenetic tree as depicted by ________

A) Dembski B) Wallace C) Lamark D) Darwin

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What happens during nucleotide excision repair?

a. A mismatch mutation is repaired. b. A nuclease removes the damaged DNA. c. DNA polymerase joins the repaired DNA together.

d. DNA ligase adds new nucleotides to the repaired DNA strand. e. DNA is damaged.

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The size and shape of a colony is not useful for identification of a microorganism because most microorganisms produce colonies that are indistinguishable from one another.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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