electrophoresis Flashcards

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what is a plasmid

A

small circular double stranded Dna molecule

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what is transformation?

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taking genetic info and putting it in another and able to express it

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what living organism was in p glo lab? why?

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E. coli bacteria multiplies quick easy to grow

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what is an operon? how was it used?

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cluster of genes that are all related. cut out genes from dna and replaced it with gene from jellyfish

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how do u know if pglo was transformed?

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if it glowed and growed

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how could antibiotic resistance affect bacteria?

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they could get used to it and gain resistance to it.

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real world uses for transformation and dna prints

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crime scene, baby daddy, pharmacutical products, hebicide resistant crops, genetic disease

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how could antibiotic resistance affect other organisms?

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if you’re sick you could be resistant to the antibiotic

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hot water bath?

A

opens up holes in plasmid

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9
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calcium chloride?

A

pokes holes in bacterial cell wall

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Ice?

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close up holes and trap plasmid

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how does bacteria live?

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food-lb agar warmth- incubator darkness- incubator moisture- closed Petri dish

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12
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3 parts of a nucleotide?

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sugar phosphate n base

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gel electrophoresis?

A

separate dna fragments by size

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14
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genetic code of DNS is determined by what?

A

nitrogen bases

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15
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why do we stain gel?

A

to see DNa because it’s clear

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why do we use loading dye?

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to know when to turn off gel box so fragments font run out into buffer

17
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gates down before gel box?

A

current can’t go through plastic

18
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dna is what charge

A

negative

19
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wells are on what side of box?

A

cathode negative move toward anode postive bc dna is negative

20
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segment of dna on chromosome that controls hereditary trait?

A

gene

21
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pyrimidines?

A

C T

22
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purines?

A

A G

23
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why do we change pipete tips?

A

so we don’t contaminate

24
Q

enzymes that cut?

A

restriction enzymes

25
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scientist who came with base pairing rules

A

chargaff

26
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function of DNa ?

A

store and use info to control cell activity

27
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acid or base test?

A

phenol red… yellow=acid red/pink=base

28
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2 scientists who won Nobel prize for dna structure?

A

Watson and crick

29
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2 things b4 power supply ?

A

everything plugged in correctly, announce ur turning it on

30
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dna nucleotide has what?

A

deoxyribose, thymine, phosphate group

31
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what side was acid and base?

A

yellow was anode positive pink was cathode negative

32
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what were in + tubes?

A

hind 3 dna loading dye buffer water

33
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why did we add nacl?

A

to add ions to produce a current (milliamps)