Lec2&3

Question 1

used to identify regions of similarity that may indicate functional, structural and/or evolutionary relationships
between two biological sequences (protein or nucleic acid).

Answer 1

Pairwise Sequence Alignment

Question 2

bacterial species which increases the soil fertility and protects the plants against pests.

Answer 2

Bacillus thuringiensis (BT)

Question 3

used its genes to incorporate into the plant to make it resistant against insects.

Answer 3

Bacillus thuringiensis (BT)

Question 4

Example of modified by inserting bacterial genes in it.

Answer 4

B.t corn

Question 5

Example of Bacteria that are used to break down organic chemicals, solvents and heavy metals in radioactive waste sites.

Answer 5

Deinococcus radiodurans

Question 6

Diverse range of information can be obtained in forensic science by ?

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Next-generation Sequencing (NGS)

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computerized archive used to store and organize data in such a way that information can be retrieved easily via a variety of search criteria.

Answer 7

database

Question 8

Types of Biological Databases
?

Answer 8

1. Sequence databases
2. Structure databases
3. Functional databases

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is the totality of genetic material carried by an organism

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Genome

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Study of the genomes of organisms.

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Genomics

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is the entire collection of all RNA transcripts in a cell/tissue at a given time point.

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Transcriptome

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Study of transcriptomes, their structures and functions.

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Transcriptomics:

Question 13

is the entire collection of all proteins in a cell/tissue at a given time point.

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Proteome

Question 14

Large-scale study of proteins, particularly their structures and functions.

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Proteomics

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1. Primary databases
2. Secondary databases
3. Specialized databases
   This is a?

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Classification of databases

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provides functional analysis of proteins by classifying them into families and predicting domains and important sites

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InterPro

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is the central hub for the collection of functional information on proteins, with accurate, consistent and rich annotation

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(UniProtKB)

Question 18

is a genome browser for vertebrate genomes

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Ensemble

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serve a specific research community or focus on a particular organism.

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Specialized databases

Question 20

Database of Drosophila Genes & Genomes

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Flybase

Question 21

is the biggest repository for 3D bio-macromolecule structure data.

Answer 21

PDB

Question 22

Golden rice, genes are inserted in the rice
genome to what?

Answer 22

to increase the Vitamin A level in the crop.