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Does this patient have HHV6 or HCMV after transplant surgery?
I have been given mock results from a PCR test on blood samples taken from kidney recipient patients and their donors. The PCR reaction can detect single copies of viral DNA. I have been asked to ...
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Mouse meta-globin mRNA problem
This is an mRNA strand of mouse meta-globin:
5'-ccccagauacggaauucgaau-3'
A) Which small RNA (below) is most likely to regulate expression of
meta-globin?
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Polymerase Observations
DNA polymerase I (PolI) contains polymerase, 3'-5' exonuclease, and 5'-3' exonuclease activities in a single polypeptide chain of molecular weight 109 kDa. If E. coli Pol I is exposed to the protease ...
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How could a pure culture be represented by more than one ssu rRNA sequence?
Your lab works on an organism isolated from radioactive waste. However, you show that 3 very similar, but not quite identical, ssu-rRNA sequences can be amplified from the culture even though it is ...
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Analysis of cDNA samples from brain with suspected measles inclusion body encephalitis
I have been given the following question as an assignment but I am not sure what exactly the results mean:
You have been given brain biopsies from 5 patients with suspected measles inclusion body ...
