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Fill in the blanks: The cholesterol-fighting drug Lipitor, w…

Fill in the blanks: The cholesterol-fighting drug Lipitor, which is prescribed for patients with high cholesterol levels, works by inhibiting an enzyme needed for the body to manufacture cholesterol. Knowing the shape of the enzyme helped scientists discover what drug might be able to serve as an inhibitor of that enzyme. This illustrates how proteomics can be useful in developing new drugs for the treatment of disease, since enzymes are proteins, and, as the textbook states: “Drugs tend to be _______ , or small molecules that affect the _______ of _______ .”

The human genome contains about   _______ genes. (Type just …

The human genome contains about   _______ genes. (Type just a number; no words.) Cells use the two-step process of _______  followed by  _______ to read each gene and produce the string of _______ that makes up a  _______ . Transcription happens in the _______ , when the cell’s machinery copies the gene sequence into _______ RNA. (Spell out the entire word.) In mRNA, the base _______ replaces thymine.

The pedigree chart on page 112 shows a family with a history…

The pedigree chart on page 112 shows a family with a history of Huntington’s disease. If H = the Huntington’s gene, and h = the normal gene, then all of the family members whose symbols are not colored in do not have Huntington’s, and all of them would have the genotype _______ . All of the family members whose symbols are colored in do have Huntington’s, and all of them must have the genotype _______ .