An experiment is performed with Primase, using a specific DNA template. In this experiment, you provide NTPs (ATP, UTP, CTP, GTP) which contained only one radioactive phosphate group, in the alpha-phosphate position (the alpha-phosphate is the one attached to the sugar. the other phosphates are beta and gamma). After RNA synthesis occurs, you separate the resultant RNA strand and any of the NTPs that have not been incorporated into the RNA, and measure the radioactivity of the newly synthesized RNA. 1. If you did the experiment, with all the NTPs provided, but only the beta phosphate was radioactive for each of the NTPs, would radioactivity be found in the RNA?
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
An experiment is performed with Primase, using a specific DNA template. In this experiment, you provide NTPs (ATP, UTP, CTP, GTP) which contained only one radioactive phosphate group, in the alpha-phosphate position (the alpha-phosphate is the one attached to the sugar. the other phosphates are beta and gamma). After RNA synthesis occurs, you separate the resultant RNA strand and any of the NTPs that have not been incorporated into the RNA, and measure the radioactivity of the newly synthesized RNA.
1. If you did the experiment, with all the NTPs provided, but only the beta phosphate was radioactive for each of the NTPs, would radioactivity be found in the RNA?
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