BMS06 Flashcards
1
Q
Polymorphisms
A
Common differences in peoples genes e.g. phenotype
2
Q
What adds sticky ends?
A
Endonucleases
3
Q
Why do we make sticky ends?
A
To add genes into plasmids
4
Q
What do restriction enzymes do?
A
Cut DNA for electrophoresis
5
Q
What is sense and anti-sense?
A
The region that is translated and the template strand
6
Q
What is a LINE?
A
Long interspersed element
7
Q
What do LINE and SINE do?
A
Move around the genome as they are non-coding sequences left from no longer functioning viruses
8
Q
What is reverse transcriptase?
A
Doing this on mRNA to figure out the complimentary DNA strand
