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What is site directed mutation?
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Where mutagenesis is directed towards a specific site
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Where certain sites are more prone to mutagenesis than others
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Where certain sites cannot be mutated and must be worked around
Question 2
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What form must the DNA be in for Site Directed Mutagenesis?
Question 3
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The primer for site directed mutagenesis is designed to have one or more mismatches
Question 4
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Once the mismatch has been achieved, how is it used?
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During repair, the old base will be replaced with a new match
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During replication, half the daughter cells will carry the mutation
Question 5
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What is specific about the DNA used in the Kunkel Method?
Question 6
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What is Incorporated into the original DNA in order to make it susceptible to degrading
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Uracil
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Methyl-cytosine
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Thymidine-3-phosphate
Question 7
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Like with site directed, the primer annealed to the DNA is designed to create mismatches
Question 8
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In both site directed and the Kunkel method, how is the primer extended?
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DNA polymerase
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Taq Polymerase
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RNA polymerase
Question 9
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Once the DNA has been inserted, what happens to the original DNA strand?
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The Uracil cause it to be partially degraded
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The Methyl-cytosine cause it to be partially degraded
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The Thymidine-3-Phosphate cause it to be partially degraded
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Being removed alone with the bp next to them
Question 10
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The partially degraded strand is them re-synthesised by DNA repair proteins, finalising the mutation
Question 11
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Which method has a way of determining which plasmid has the mutation?
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Site- Directed
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Altered Site
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Kunkel Method
Question 12
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What is particular about the plasmid used in the Altered Sites method?
Question 13
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What oligonucleotide primers are used during Altered Site mutagenisis?
Question 14
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What is the result, after DNA replication has occurred?
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The desired plasmid has the mutation, and tetracyline and ampicillin resistance
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The desired plasmid has the mutation and tet resistance but no ampicillin resistance
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The desired plasmid has the mutation and ampicillin resistance but no tetracyline resistance
Question 15
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What causes the mutagenesis in the 'Quickchange' PCR method?
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A two primers containing the mutation
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Rapid replication of the Site Directed mutant
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One primer contains a mutation, the other is used to create the mutated plasmid
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The original DNA is then degraded, leaving only the mutated plasmid
Question 16
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Why is Dpn used to degrade the original DNA?
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It degrades only methylated DNA
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It degrades only acetylated DNA
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It degrades only ibiquitinated DNA
Question 17
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Site directed mutagenesis is unique in that no structural knowledge of the protein is required
Question 18
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State the two methods by which non-directed mutation occurs in evolution
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Gradual accumulation of beneficiary mutations
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Gradual loss of unnecessary DNA
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Recombination of genes to form hybrid protein
Question 19
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These random mutations can be mimicked in a lab
Question 20
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Random mutagenesis works best by introducing many mutations at the same time
Question 21
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What will happen when this DNA replicates?
Question 22
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Primers can be more specific and limit the choice of potential aa further
Question 23
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Name an Error prone DNA polymerase
Question 24
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Name the two conditions necessary for Error Prone mutagensis
Question 25
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DNA shuffling is used to create fusion proteins from two unrelated genes
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Why does gene shuffling work?
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Ligation repairs DNA errors
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Related genes have overlapping areas
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Related genes can ligate together with less error
Question 27
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What protein is used to randomly cut up two related genes for DNA shuffling?
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DNAase I
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DNAase III
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EcoRV
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EcoRI
Question 28
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The randomly cut up sequences are then ligated back together
Question 29
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When creating hybrids, the traditional approach of screening colonies for hybrids is not efficient- so we use robots
Question 30
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Name the two main methods of analysing mutants quickly
Question 31
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The advantage of Protein Surface Display in improved mutations is?
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Improved mutations will bind more strongly to immobalised substrate
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They react more strongly to dyes
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They don't degrade as easily
Question 32
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Once the variants are bound, they are washed so strongly only powerfully binding variants remain bound
Question 33
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Once the most improved variation has been identified, what can happen to it?
Question 34
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Chemical Compartmentalisation uses an oil/acetyl emulsion
Question 35
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Why are the droplets important?
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They make reading the DNA easier
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Each droplet contains an individual mutation
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Each droplet contains mutants that compliment each other
Question 36
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The DNA cannot be transcribed or translated in the droplets, only sequenced
Question 37
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Once the protein has been made, how are they assayed?
Question 38
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How is fluorescence used for separation in Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorters?
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The more fluorescent product is produced, the better the enzyme
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The stronger the enzyme-substrate binding, the better the enzyme
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The more fluorescent substrate is used, the better the enzyme