Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134605173
Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 11P
Injection of double-stranded RNA can lead to gene silencing by degradation of RNA molecules complementary to either strand of the dsRNA. Could RNAi (see Sections
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
Ch. 15 - 15.1 What purpose do the bla and lacZ genes serve...Ch. 15 - The human genome is 3109 bp in length. How many...Ch. 15 - 15.3 Ligase catalyzes a reaction between the...Ch. 15 - You have constructed four different libraries: a...Ch. 15 - Using the genomic libraries in Problem 4, you wish...Ch. 15 - The human genome is 3109bp. You wish to design a...Ch. 15 - 15.7 Using animal models of human diseases can...Ch. 15 - 15.8 Compare methods for constructing homologous...Ch. 15 - 15.9 Chimeric genefusion products can be used for...Ch. 15 - 15.10 Why are diseases of the blood simpler...
Ch. 15 - Injection of double-stranded RNA can lead to gene...Ch. 15 - Compare and contrast methods for making transgenic...Ch. 15 - 15.13 It is often desirable to insert cDNAs into a...Ch. 15 - 15.14 A major advance in the s was the development...Ch. 15 - 15.15 The bacteriophage lambda genome can exist in...Ch. 15 - 15.16 The restriction enzymes Xho and Sal cut...Ch. 15 - 15.17 The bacteriophage has a single-stranded DNA...Ch. 15 - 15.18 To further analyze the CRABS CLAW gene (see...Ch. 15 - You have isolated a genomic clone with an EcoR I...Ch. 15 - 15.20 You have identified a cDNA clone that...Ch. 15 - 15.21 You have isolated another cDNA clone of the...Ch. 15 - 15.22 You have identified five genes in S....Ch. 15 - You have generated three transgenic lines of maize...Ch. 15 - 15.24 Bacterial Pseudomonas species often possess...Ch. 15 - 15.25 Two complaints about some transgenic plants...Ch. 15 - 15.26 In Drosophila, lossoffunction Ultrabithorax...Ch. 15 - Prob. 27PCh. 15 - The highlighted sequence shown below is the one...Ch. 15 - Vitamin E is the name for a set of chemically...Ch. 15 - The RAS gene encodes a signaling protein that...Ch. 15 - 15.31 You have cloned a gene for an enzyme that...Ch. 15 - 15.32 About of occurrences of nonautoimmune type...Ch. 15 - Describe how having the Cas 9 gene at a genomic...Ch. 15 - 15.34 Would a gene drive system spread rapidly...
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