Qns in the slides

Question 1

what is mu and what is the unit

Answer 1

specific growth rate

per t

Question 2

dimension of 1x3um describes what

Answer 2

rod shaped bacterium eg. E.coli

Question 3

dimension of 4-5um would be what

Answer 3

a yeast cell

Question 4

what is tropophase

Answer 4

period of exponential growth

Question 5

what is idiophase

Answer 5

period of growth declines do to lack of nutrients

Question 6

what is metabolic engineering

Answer 6

knowledge based gene manipulation to alter metabolism

Question 7

delta 12 (c18:1, n-9) desaturase converts oleic acid to which essential fatty acid

Answer 7

linoleic acid (c18:2, n-6)

Question 8

Mortierella alpina is what and used for what in white biotechnology

Answer 8

A fungus, used to make PUFAs

PolyUnsaturated Fatty Acids

Question 9

Which type of PKS enzymes have more than one module

Answer 9

type 1

Question 10

which of the bases are purines

Answer 10

AG

Question 11

transcriptomics data tells us about

Answer 11

mRNA transcripts

Question 12

what is the best technique to identify other proteins that may make up a complex

Answer 12

TAP-tagging and purification - pull out in native form

Question 13

synthetic lethality is where

Answer 13

mutations in two different genes together give a more severe phenotype than either alone

Question 14

an adaptive response to stress describes where

Answer 14

exposure to a non- lethal dose of stress increases an organisms ability to cope with a subsequent higher dose