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Assignment 3 1. The map of plasmid pUC19 is shown below. The restriction site coordinate is the position of the 5’base on the top strand of each site sequence. The restriction enzyme sites are in bold type if there is only one site in pUC19. The genes it carries are lacZα , the initial portion of the lacZ gene; Ap R , the ampicillin resistance gene; and ori , the origin of DNA replication. A. Please list the fragments in order of size, largest to smallest, which will result from a complete digestion by the restriction enzyme PvuII. 1 pt There are 2 Pvull sites, 306 and 628. So we have fragments 2364bp and 322bp. B. Please list the fragments in order of size, largest to smallest, which will result from a complete digestion by the restriction enzyme DrdI. 1 pt There are 2 Drdl sites, 91 and 908. So we have fragments 1869bp and 817bp. C. Please list the fragments in order of size, largest to smallest, which will result from a complete digestion by the two restriction enzymes EcoR1 and Pst1. 1 pt EcoR1 sites is at 396, Pst1 site is at 435, so the fragments are 2647bp and 39bp.
2. Plasmids are used to clone fragments of DNA. They carry genes useful in cloning. After isolating a DNA fragment, it is ligated into a plasmid, and that recombinant plasmid is used to transform bacteria. The bacteria are usually sensitive to the antibiotic ampicillin. In transformation, 1 x 10 8 bacterial cells are mixed with many copies of the plasmid, and some of the bacteria take it up and become “transformed.” How does the molecular biologist select only those bacteria that have taken up the plasmid? Since bacteria are sensitive to antibiotic ampicillin, the biologist would add antibiotic ampicillin resistance gene in the plasmid. When the bacteria are poured onto the agar with ampicillin in it, only the bacteria have ampicillin resistance gene would grow, which means those bacteria take up the plasmids. And these bacteria keep growing and form colony, so they know that these bacteria are transformed, then they can do further analyzation to see if they the DNA is cloned correctly. 3. Suppose your wish to do dideoxy sequencing on a PCR product. You take the PCR product (the template), add a primer, DNA polymerase, buffer, dNTP mix, and a small amount of all four ddNTP’s labeled with distinct fluorescent
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