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Ciproflaxin is an antibiotic that binds to bacterial Gyrase (a type II topoisomerase) and stimulates its ability to cleave DNA, but prevents it from introducing supercoils. Select all logical outcomes and effects of this antibiotic on bacteria.

The major barriers to routinely using a global rating of change scale in clinical practice include its complexity and time burden with completion.

Which of the following research designs is regarded as an experimental study? (Select the best fit.)

True or false: splicing happens during transcription.

During mRNA splicing, the “branch point,” which is almost always [blank1], forms a bond between its [blank2] and the [blank3]. 

Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people, usually by assuming that all members of the group are alike, is called:

Recent research has shown that some Rho utilization sequences (rut sites) can also double as a distinct Nus utilization sequences (nut sites) in some bacterial RNAs (i.e. these sequences overlap substantially). This has led to the hypothesis that NusA, which appears to compete with Rho for RNA binding at these rut+nut elements, may act to inhibit the action of Rho until transcription has appropriately progressed. Select the most logical outcome of each hypothetical perturbation.   Mutating the overlapping rut/nut element such that only Rho can bind will most likely cause [blank1]. Mutating the overlapping rut/nut element such that only NusA can bind will most likely cause [blank2].

Select three key habits of great communicators and explain how each contributes to effective communication. Provide examples of how these habits might be applied in a professional context.

Speakers who conduct situational audience analysis properly do which of the following?

You are researching a bacterial transcriptome when you discover what appears to be an uncharacterized gene (RNA sequence that aligns to the genome in a place with no known/annotated gene). About 10 bases upstream of this suspected gene, you find a typical sigma (σ) binding site. In order to study the function of this suspected gene, you use targeted mutagenesis to delete the sigma binding site. What is the most likely outcome of this mutation?