1) A wild-type polypeptideconsists of 27 amino acids. Many mutants have been discovered that produce versions of this polypeptide that are longer than normal.These mutations are each due to a substitution of a singlebase. a. What kind of mutation isresponsible? b. Do you expect the first 27amino acids in the […]
A 25 year old man was brought to the emergency room with a broken leg. His medical history was unremarkable, although he reveals that his mother had died of some “complication” following routine surgery. The patient was taken to surgery for repair of his fractured left distal tibia. He was […]
A new drug was found to decrease Hepatitis B virus. The drug is an analogue of one of the nucleic acid bases of DNA and probably works by being incorporated into the virus and disrupting viral genes during viral DNA replication. However, patients in a clinical trial of the drug […]