12: Bioinformatics Part 1

Question 1

What is bioinformatics?

Answer 1

The development and application of computer science to the analysis of large amounts of biological information

Question 2

What is systems biology?

Answer 2

The study of biological systems taking into account the interactions of the key elements such as DNA, RNA, proteins and cells with respect to one another. The intergration of this information may be done by computer

Question 3

Compare the regulation of the lac and trp operons (positive and negative control, multiple regulations)

Answer 3

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