Female mammals, including women, sometimes develop benign tumors called “ovarian teratomas” or “dermoid cysts” in their ovaries. Such a tumor begins when a primary oocyte escapes from its prophase I arrest and finished meiosis I within the ovary. (Normally meiosis I does not finish until the primary oocyte is expelled […]
Some amino acids are post-translationally removed from the C-terminal end of the b-lactamase enzyme from B. imaginarium (i.e. – after translation and release from the ribosome, a protease chews off a few amino acids). The purified wildtype enzyme is 327 amino acids in length and the sequence of its C-terminal […]
For this Assignment you will think about your individual health and health risks. What genetic diseases or problems might you face during your lifetime? Predisposition to heart disease, breast cancer, diabetes? You may consider your own health risks or those of other individuals such as a family member or friend. […]
Bacteria that have been exposed to two different bacterial strains: one carries only a gene for resistance to the antibiotic Ampicillin; the other carries the gene for Ampicillin resistance as well as a gene for green fluorescent protein (GFP), which glows under UV light. Some bacteria took up the Ampicillin-resistance […]