Campbell Biology: Custom Edition
Campbell Biology: Custom Edition
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ISBN: 9781323717271
Author: Urry, Cain, Wasserman, Minorsky, Reece
Publisher: PEARSON C
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To propose a hypothesis: To identify ways to block the molecular pathway to fight HIV infection.

Concept introduction: HIV is a retrovirus having RNA as a genetic material. HIV mainly attacks the immune cells, especially CD4 cells. CD4 cells play an essential role by protecting the body from any infection. Antiretroviral therapy is a method of suppressing or preventing HIV infection using drugs, e.g., Tenofovir, Zidovudine.

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Introduction You are a HIV researcher and the following questions depict your struggles while developing, designing and interpreting experiments. All the questions will relate to one another but you do not need to do them in order. Each question will have multiple parts and partial credit will be given whenever possible. Make sure to use your book and notes to help understand the question and develop your answers thoroughly. Question 1 Your interest in HIV started with the protein below the protein below. 1HSG is a dimer and is crystalized with a resolution of 1.9A. The active site is made up each dimer with one monomer in blue and the other in red. What two 2° structures are highlighted (with the black circle) in this figure? The red amino acid sequence is; WKPKMIGGIGGFIKVRQY. What is the most likely sequence of the circled portion? Explain how you choose this sequence You did a BLAST analysis of your POI's and the following were returned as the first hits. 1DIF HIV-1 PROTEASE, 418Z…
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