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Defendant was stopped by airport security and had his luggage searched. Inside a briefcase, security found a kilo of cocaine. At trial, Defendant alleges that the briefcase with the cocaine belonged to his sister, that he was bringing it to her, and that he thought it only contained her laptop computer. Defendant offers into evidence a letter from his sister which reads, “Dear Brother, when you come and visit, please bring my briefcase because it contains my laptop.” The letter is:

What method(s) are used to terminate transcription in prokaryotes?A) binding of a release factor to the growing mRNA at the stop codonB) binding of a release factor with and use of its helicase activity of Rho protein C) formation of an mRNA stem-loopD) formation of an mRNA stem-loop and binding of a release factor to the stop codonE) formation of an mRNA stem-loop or binding of Rho protein to mRNA and use of its helicase activity

If the sequence of bases in a section of DNA is TAGGCTAA, what is the corresponding sequence of bases in mRNA?A) ATCCGATTB) TAGGCTAAC) CGAAUCGGD) AATCGGATE) AUCCGAUU  

Viruses with -ssRNA require the activity of ____________ for their replication.  A) DNA dependent RNA polymeraseB) RNA dependent RNA polymeraseC) DNA dependent RNA transcriptaseD) 5′ to 3′ DNA dependant reverse polymeraseE) DNA dependent DNA polymerase 

In this exercise, the person slowly and with control, lowers an elbow toward the ground…eccentrically working their abdominal obliques.  The concentric phase of this exercise is returning to a non-rotated position.  As the person drops their left elbow toward the ground (top image), identify which muscles are eccentrically contracting.    

Defendant is on trial for selling heroin to Alpha, who is a long time heroin user and a police informant. At trial, Alpha testifies to the drug’s appearance and its effect on him when it is ingested. He then concludes that the drug sold to him was heroin. Alpha’s opinion is:

Plaintiff sued Defendant’s bicycle shop for selling her a defective bicycle. Plaintiff calls Alpha to the stand who testifies that she purchased a defective bicycle from Defendant on the same day as Plaintiff. On cross-examination, Alpha admits that she was Plaintiff’s roommate at the time of the purchase of the bicycles. On re-direct examination, Plaintiff’s counsel seeks to establish that Plaintiff and Alpha have not spoken in two years. Alpha’s testimony on this point should be:

The atomic particle having a mass of 0 amu and a charge of –1 is

Defendant is on trial for murder. The prosecutor approached Alpha, who is Defendant’s co-defendant, and stated, “I know your mother is gravely ill. If you testify at trial against Defendant, I’ll have your sentence reduced to probation.” Alpha accepted the offer and testified for the prosecution. On the cross-examination of Alpha, Defendant’s counsel seeks to introduce the prosecutor’s statement. The prosecutor objects. The objection should be:

Which statement about fusion is incorrect?