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A young female, G2 P0010, at 10 weeks gestation, is seen for her first obstetric appointment. She states that about three weeks ago, she had a sore on her labia, and it went away. It was not particularly painful, did not itch, and did not seem to have any residual problems. She assumed it was from an ingrown hair as she routinely shaves.  Included in your plan of care for today you consider the following:

A(n) ________ is a collection of genes involved in a pathway that are transcribed together as a single mRNA in prokaryotic cells.

This condition during pregnancy, labor, and delivery can cause ophthalmia neonatorum in the neonate; mandatory ocular prophylaxis in all states is required in the first hour after birth. Treatment for the pregnant mother includes:

A protein is destined to travel to the lysosome and become an important hydrolytic enzyme. The _________ will direct the protein to the lysosome.

The sliding clamp protein in eukaryotes is the ____________ protein in the eukaryotic cells.

Which of the following does NOT belong with the others in the list?

Without the formation of replication forks, _____________ would not have space to begin adding nucleotides.

A mutation has occurred in the DNA sequence known as the initiation site and RNA polymerase cannot bind. Which process will immediately be inhibited?

If glucose is absent, but lactose is present, the lac operon will be ____________.

A mutation has occurred in an enzyme involved in replication. DNA is supercoiling and resembles a mass of knotted thread. The enzyme __________ is the mutated enzyme.