PRESCOTT'S MICROBILOGY

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ISBN: 9781264075515

Author: WILLEY

Publisher: MCG

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Why is PCR used to detect infectious agents that are often hard to diagnose?

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PRESCOTT'S MICROBILOGY

Ch. 17.1 - Examine the uncut piece of DNA shown in the upper...Ch. 17.1 - Which of the above enzymes yield blunt ends? Which...Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 3MI Ch. 17.1 - What would you conclude if you obtained only blue...Ch. 17.1 - Why must introns be removed from eukaryotic DNA...Ch. 17.1 - Which plasmid is a shuttle vector? Why?Ch. 17.1 - In what ways does the BAC shown here differ from...Ch. 17.1 - Describe restriction enzymes, sticky ends, and...Ch. 17.1 - What is cDNA? Why is it necessary to generate cDNA...Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 3CC

Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 4CC Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 5CC Ch. 17.2 - Why, after three cycles, are the vast majority of...Ch. 17.2 - Briefly describe the polymerase chain reaction....Ch. 17.2 - Why is PCR used to detect infectious agents that...Ch. 17.2 - How would you use PCR to measure the concentration...Ch. 17.2 - Why is it possible to visualize a PCR product on...Ch. 17.2 - Prob. 5CC Ch. 17.3 - Why are long fragments (e.g., 20,000 bp) of...Ch. 17.4 - What special considerations are necessary if one...Ch. 17.4 - Prob. 1CC Ch. 17.4 - Prob. 2CC Ch. 17.4 - Prob. 3CC Ch. 17.4 - You are studying chemotaxis proteins in a newly...Ch. 17.5 - Prob. 1MI Ch. 17.5 - Prob. 1CC Ch. 17.5 - Prob. 2CC Ch. 17 - Which of the DNA molecules shown are recombinant?Ch. 17 - Prob. 1RC Ch. 17 - Prob. 2RC Ch. 17 - Prob. 3RC Ch. 17 - Prob. 4RC Ch. 17 - Prob. 5RC Ch. 17 - Prob. 6RC Ch. 17 - Prob. 1AL Ch. 17 - Prob. 2AL Ch. 17 - Suppose you transformed a plasmid vector carrying...Ch. 17 - You are interested in the activity and regulation...Ch. 17 - Prob. 5AL Ch. 17 - Prob. 6AL Ch. 17 - Prob. 7AL

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Solution Summary: The author explains that polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was designed by Kary Mullis in the year 1980. It is used to amplify the small amount of particular DNA sequences.

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