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A patient sample for creatine kinase has given an error of zero order failure.  The automated instrument autodilutes the sample, and the error occurs on the diluted sample.  You are now required to dilute the sample.  The volumes chosen are 100uL of patient sample in 4 mls of diluent.  What is the dilution factor?

Enzyme activity is affected by all of the following, EXCEPT?

The troponin complex consists of which of the following?

Capture(4).PNG In competitive inhibition of an enzyme reaction:

Refer again to the information & gel in the previous question. Which (if any) individuals in the family have the genotype nn and will need to get treatment to prevent the condition? Explain how you can tell based on the gel results.

The template strand of a DNA molecule includes the sequence 3′ G C T T A 5′. The complementary DNA strand would be [a]. If this section of the DNA was used to make RNA, the sequence of the mRNA would be [b].

Max visited the Wild Things (pictured above). In Wild Things, claws and horn length are genetically based. These genes are located on separate chromosomes. Claws are determined by one gene with two alleles: CC and Cc result in claws cc results in no claws Horn length is determined by one gene with two alleles: HH results in long horns Hh results in medium horns hh results in short horns A female who is heterozygous for both traits and a male with medium horns and no claws have offspring. The parent’s genotypes are [a]. (put the female’s genotype first and the male’s second) The probability that their first offspring would have long horns is [c]. The probability of their first child having medium horns and claws is [d].

Students are studying a protein found in frogs (frogs are eukaryotes) that overwinter in Alaska. The frogs freeze solid over the winter, and the protein helps their cells survive the freezing process.  The students plan to use bacteria to produce many copies of the protein so they can study it. They tell their advisor that they are going to cut the gene out of the frog chromosome, add a bacterial promoter & terminator, and add that genetic information to the bacteria. If they do this, will the bacteria produce the same protein the frog produces?

In the previous question, each parent only passed on one of the two alleles they have (Mendel’s Law of Segregation) for each gene, and the way that the alleles for horns is passed on did not impact the way the allele for claws was passed on (Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment).  What cellular process provides the explanation behind Mendel’s laws?

In your body, different cell types carry out different functions. Based on the cellular function given, predict which organelle(s) would be particularly abundant in the cell.