The purpose of this lab is to implement the technique of gel electrophoresis in the purification and size determination of various proteins and DNA fragments. In order to do this, a polyacrylamide gel will be prepared and placed in a buffer-containing gel electrophoresis apparatus. Next, an aliquot of acid phosphatase and a molecular weight marker (Composed of Phosphorylase B, bovine serum albumin, ovalbumin, and carbonic anhydrase) will be placed into separate wells within the gel, and the apparatus will be connected to a constant voltage source (175 V) for an allotted period of time (60 min). This will allow electricity to flow through the apparatus,…
Consider the pathway for the synthesis of the amino acid arginine in Neurospora: ARG-E ARG-F ARG-H ornithine → citrulline → argininosuccinate → arginine Mutant strains of Neurospora are grown in minimal media supplements as follows. Strains may carry more than one mutation. Growth is shown by (+) no growth is shown by (o). Supplements mutant nothing ornitihine citrulline argininoarginine strain succinate a o o o o + Indicate the most accurate statement regarding strain A. A) There is a mutation in ARG-H, if citrulline accumulates, ARG-F is also defective. B) There is a mutation in ARG-H, if ornithine accumulates, ARG-F is also defective. C) There is a mutation in ARG-H, if argininosuccinate accumulates, ARG-F is also defective. D) There is a mutation in ARG-H, if citrulline accumulates, ARG-E is also defective. E) There is a mutation in ARG-E, if citrulline accumulates, ARG-F is also defective. Ans: A 23. Shown below are the deletion maps of a series of rII- mutations. The deleted region is indicated as (......) and the intact region as ______. 1 ___________(...........)_______________ 2 _________________(...........)_________ 3 (.....................)_______________ ______ 4 ________________________(................) 5 _____(..........)______________________ A series of point mutations A-E is used in a coinfection experiment. Shown below are the results of those coinfections. Ability to produce wild-type progeny phage is indicated by (+), (o)…
Background Information: The process begins with preparing a sample. Successful identification starts with using a sample that is considered to be good. The first step is to pick up a single colony and drop it into a microcentrifuge tube. A buffer is used to dissolve the cell wall in order to extract bacterial DNA. This step may take several hours. The proteolytic enzymes need to go before proceeding. Heating the sample in a water bath at 100 degrees Celsius denatures them. Next, cellular debris is spun down in the centrifuge and appears as a pellet at the bottom. The DNA is contained in the liquid, which is then transferred to the tube. To continue the process, PCR amplification is conducted. One must add PCR Master Mix solution to the sample DNA to prepare the polymerase chain reaction. The mix contains water, a buffer to keep the correct pH for the reaction; large quantities of the four nucleotides; large quantities of oligonucleotide DNA primers; and a heat-stable DNA polymerase. At the same time, one will prepare negative and positive control reactions. The positive contains positive control DNA while the negative contains sterile deionized water. Both contain the PCR solution. Once reaction tubes have been loaded onto the PCR machine, DNA replication starts. By doing this, one can know temperature, time remaining, cycle number, melt, anneal, and extend. The first step, melt, is to separate the two DNA chains in the double helix by heating the vial containing the PCR reaction mixture to 95 degrees Celsius for 30 seconds. The vial is cooled at 60 degrees Celsius. The final step, extend, is to allow the DNA polymerase to extend the copy DNA strand by raising the temperature to 70 degrees Celsius for 45 seconds. Separation of the strands, annealing the primer to the template, and the synthesis of new strands…
Stallsmith, B. Laboratory Manual for Organismic Biology. 2nd ed. Mason (OH): Cengage; 2006. p. 9-17.…
Name and Course Section: Avital Gershtein, Section 701 Title: Aseptic Technique & culturing Microbes - Lab # 4…
(mutants) can only grow in a minimal medium that is supplemented with specific intermediates found in the…
The variables were kept controlled by using different inoculating loops to add and spread out each solution. This was done to prevent any solutions from mixing together. The same amount of pGLO plasmid solution was added by dipping the loop until a bubble was formed across the loop opening. The tubes were incubated for the same amount of time and heat shocked for the same amount of time. The same amounts of Luria broth and cell suspension were used to keep the number of individual colonies controlled.…
If a growing colony is dark under UV light, a mutation has occurred. Methods E. coli mutator was transformed with pGLO. A broth was inoculated and serial passaging was performed for seven days. A kit was then used for DNA purification. Competent cells were mixed with the DNA samples in an ice bath.…
Rebecca Ann Lind in “Considerations of Media Effects” in Race/Gender/Media: Considering Diversity Across Audiences, Content and Producers discusses the social psychology of stereotypes, cultivation theory, global media influences, and formation of self-image. First off, schemas describe expectations one has about the world. Stereotype, a type of schema, shows how one distinguish knowledge on social groups. The cultivation theory expresses that viewers construct a perception of the world through what they see on television. Television cultivates ideas about marriage, interpersonal relationships, family, and beauty. Likewise, television programs from the United States have the power to globally influence those in different cultures and create an ideological homogenization of the world. Lastly, the levels of television consumption affect individuals and the creations of their self-image.…
Media envelops our homes, our culture and our world. Books, newspaper, magazines, radios, television, movies and computers are examples of media, which have encompassed us throughout the ages. Whether being bombarded by these facets of media is good for us or not, we must face the reality if its presence in our lives. However, how should we allow it to affect us?…
Convenient and Flexible: The television is a convenient and flexible advertising medium, owing to its widespread popularity and the ease with which a message can reach millions of viewers internationally and nationally. Television advertising allows advertisers the flexibility to use various approaches and different combinations of audio, video and text to make ads memorable and emotional, depending on the product or service or the target audience.…
3 YPD media agar plates were obtained and labeled with group number and the date. Each plate was also labeled 0.1 mL, 0.2 mL, 0.4 mL, these corresponded to the volume of mutated cell culture…
The different types of media include print media, electronic media and new age media. Print media includes newspapers, books and pamphlets. Electronic media includes television and radio while the new age media include the internet and mobile phones.…
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As the number of Internet users continues to grow, do you think that the Internet will change the way that we read and think about the news? As more and more people, especially young people, turn to the Internet for news about world and local events, we find that newspapers, television, and radio news have been losing their audience or even going out of business. Some people are concerned about this shift because newspapers provide important in-depth coverage of events, while some Internet news sites only report opinions or repeat what is already in the newspapers. However, the new media offer so many advantages over the traditional media that they could easily become better sources of news than any we have ever had.…