Why is it useful to determine the proteomes of simple organisms?
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To create better vaccines
To allow monitoring of pathogens in outbreaks of disease
So that we can alter our own genetics to make these proteins
To learn more about introns
Question 3
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Why is it hard to translate the genome of complex organisms into their proteomes?
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They have large sections of non-coding DNA
Their mRNA is hard to extract
They contain complex regulatory genes
Some genes are switched off so not all the possible proteins are made
Question 4
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What are the benefits of the new sequencing methods compared to the original method devised by Frederick Sanger?
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They are automated
They are done on a much smaller scale so they are faster
They cost less to do
They involve less chemicals
Question 5
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Because DNA is [blank_start]universal[blank_end], the recipient of recombinant DNA does not have to be of the same species as the donor.
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universal
complementary
degenerate
antiparallel
Question 6
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Making DNA fragments from mRNA
1. Extract target mRNA molecules from a cell that produces the required protein.
2. Mix the mRNA with free DNA nucleotides and [blank_start]reverse transcriptase[blank_end].
3. The mRNA is used as a template for new strands of [blank_start]cDNA[blank_end] to be synthesised that are complementary to it.
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reverse transcriptase
a restriction endonuclease
DNA ligase
DNA polymerase
cDNA
tRNA
rRNA
miRNA
Question 7
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[blank_start]Restriction Endonucleases[blank_end] digest the DNA at specific [blank_start]recognition[blank_end] sequences. These sites are special because they are [blank_start]palindromic[blank_end], meaning that they consist of [blank_start]antiparallel[blank_end] base pairs.
Some types of this enzyme cut the DNA so that small tails of unpaired bases are created at each end of the fragment. These are called [blank_start]sticky[blank_end] ends and can be used to [blank_start]anneal[blank_end] DNA fragments together as long as the ends are complementary.