Q1. The new form of life is discovered. It has a genetic code much like other organisms except there are 5 dna bases instead of 4 and has the base sequences are translated as doublets instead of triplets. How various amino acids could be accommodated by this genetic code? Q2. […]

Q. Unlike the wild-type P0 protein, which is localized to the cell surface, the Ser63 deletion P0 mutant is exclusively located at the ER. Based on these observations, what is the most likely defect associated with the Ser63 deletion mutant? How would you design an experiment to test your hypothesis […]

Identical twins Jan and Fran were very close sisters. So when Jan died suddenly, Fran moved in to help take care of Jan’s daughter (her neice), Millie. Some time later Fran married her brother in law and became Millie’s stepmother. When Fran announced that she was pregnant, poor Millie became […]

Q1. A girl developed generalized seizures. A CT scan revealed a single brain lesion consistent with a tumour. Biopsy of the lesion showed a cysticercus. The patient lived in South Carolina and had never travelled outside the state. What parasite caused her disease? How is this disease transmitted? How might […]