CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS-TEXT,AP ED.
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Chapter 15, Problem 6TYU
Which of the following would not be true of cDNA produced using human brain tissue as the starting material?
- A. It could be amplified by the polymerase chain reaction.
- B. It was produced from pre-mRNA using reverse transcriptase.
- C. It could be labeled and used as a probe to detect genes expressed in the brain.
- D. It lacks the introns of the pre-mRNA.
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Chapter 15 Solutions
CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS-TEXT,AP ED.
Ch. 15.1 - How does binding of the trp corepressor to its...Ch. 15.1 - Describe the binding of RNA polymerase,...Ch. 15.1 - WHAT IF? A certain mutation in E. coli changes the...Ch. 15.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 15.2 - Compare the roles of general and specific...Ch. 15.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 15.3 - WHAT IF? Suppose the mRNA being degraded in Figure...Ch. 15.3 - MAKE CONNECTIONS Inactivation of one of the X...Ch. 15.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 15.4 - WHAT IF? Study the microarray in Figure 15.17. If...
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