Lab final Flashcards

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what are the two thiings dtetergent due in DNA extraction?

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  1. lyses the DNA (breaks down cell membrane)
  2. Denautures histones and seperates them in the DNA
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what does isopropanol do to the extracted DNA?

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makes DNA precipitate out of the extraction buffer

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what does the 70% ethanol do to the extracted DNA?

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washes off proteins, RNA, and lipids

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what does the addition of NaOH do to affect the florescence of the DNA?

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NaOH denautures the DNA so that double stranded DNA can;t interact with the dye.

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How does the NaOh denauture the DNA?

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NaOH removes protons from nitogenous bases of DNA because it is a strong base. This disrupts the hydrogen bonding necessary for double stranded stabilization

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which plate do you expect to find bacteria most like the wildtype bacteria?

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LB/-pGLO plate

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why would the LB/-pGLO plate have the most wildtype bacteria?

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DNA plasmid was not added to the -pGLO therefore expression of the gene encoding GFP is not present.

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8
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which plate would most likely have genetically transformed bacterial cells?

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both LB/amp and LB/amp/ara plates

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Why would the +pGLO plates have genetically transformed bacteria cells?

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Because they both allow for bacterial growth
-LB/amp expresses an ampicilin resistance gene enabling growth from the resistance
-LB/amp/ara allows GFP gene transcription when arabinose is present

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10
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which plates should be compared to determine if any genetic transformation has occured?

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LB/amp/-pGLO and LB/amp/+pGLO

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why would you compare LB/amp/-pGLO and LB/amp/+pGLO to see if genetic transformation has occured?

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the -pGLO plate wont express ampicilin gene and will not grow while the +pGLO plate will have resistance to ampicilin and will grow GFP

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what is a control plate?

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a plate that serves purpose as to compare the outcome of the experiment to a baseline and help interperet results

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13
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what is the control plate in this experiement?

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LB/-pGLO

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why is the LB/-pGLO the control plate?

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because plasmid is needed for growth and this plate is not manipulated by amp or plasmid which means no change will occur

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How is pGLO expression in the transformed bacteria being induced?

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the araC is added to the ara plate which allows GFP gene transcription, followed by production of GFP= bright green color under blue light

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16
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what is the purpose of the CaCl2 transformation solution?

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it promotes plasmid DNA to bind to surface of bacteria cells by neutralizing (-) charge

17
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what is the purpose of the heat shock to the DNA?

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it facilitates entry of DNA into bacterial cells, it makes membranes porous and changes fluitidy of lipids

18
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what bacterial structures must the pGLO plasmids pass through in order to enter the bacterial cells?

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the cell membrane and cell wall

19
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what two things were done to help the plasmid enter the cell?

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  1. added transformation solution with CaCl2
  2. heat shocked
20
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why was the microcentrifuge tube incubated for 10 minutes before adding to agar plates?

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to allow the cells time to produce beta-lactamase

21
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would you expect to observe wildtype bacteria on plates that didn’t contain ampicillin or arabinose?

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yes, LB/-pGLO would have wildtype bacteria because DNA of the plasmid was not expressed (nothing to make it change)

22
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what information would the results on the LB/amp/-pGLO plate provide?

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it showed no growth meaning the introduction of antibiotic ampicillin could not be broken down and there was no plasmid on the plate

23
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what information would the results on the LB/amp/+pGLO plate provide?

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bacteria can grow because plasmid was present and it was able to create a resistence to ampicilin and genes for GFP are expressed

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would there be any major difference in the number of coloonies between the LB/amp/+pGLO plate and the LB/amp/ara/+pGLO plate?

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no there would be no difference

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would there be a difference in the phenotype of the bacteria on the two +pGLO plates?
-the LB/amp/+pGLO wouldn't glow because antibiotic amp inhinits a gene expression that causes a glow -the LB/ara/amp/+pGLO does glow because it has sugar arabinose that allows the transcription of the GFP gene
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what does NaCl do to DNA?
forms favorable electrostatic interactions with DNA and histones to seperate histones from DNA
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why use strawberries for DNA extraction?
have multiple copies of each chromosome polyploidy gives us more dna to extract
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what does dye do?
gives off bright yellow-gold when bound to DNA and exposed to blue light
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how does the dye form light?
interacts with (-) backbone of DNA and tightly stacked bases and only with double stranded DNA
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what is aseptic technique?
a technique that ensures you don't contaminate yourself or your cultures
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what are the steps to aseptic technique?
1. clean lab coat and fully buttoned 2. no legs exposed. no open toed footwear, long hair tied back 3. bench must be clear of non-essential items 4. disinfect bench 5. wash hands before and after lab
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what are the 3 different types of point mutations?
frameshift (addition and deletion) stop silent
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what is mitosis?
divides genetic material to daughter cells equally, daughter cells have the same genetic material as mother
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what is meiosis?
divides the genetic material among 4 daughter cells, each contains half the genetic material of mother
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why root tips?
tips of plant roots are rapidly growing tissues where dna replication mitosis and cell division occur at a high rate
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what is amp?
an antibiotic (combat bacterial growth)
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what is the trigger for bacterial growth?
arabinose