18. You want to express hemoglobin beta (HBB) in a bacteria model using a vector. You would like to amplify the following gene by PCR. GTAGAATATG ATAAGCGAAA CTGCAAATCG CGTTTGGGGC GATACAAGTA GTGTACGCGG ACCGCGCCGA GCGGGCTATG GTTTCTCCAC TATCAGTTCT TCTCCTGTCC CAGCGAAGTC GAGGTCCAGC CCTACGGTAC ATAACTAACA CGGTTTGAAG AAGATACGAT CTTACGAAGT AAAGAAAATT TGTAGTCAGC CCGGTTCGCT TGTGTCCAGC TAATCGATTG ATTGGCCCCA GCAGGCGAGA TGAACATAGT CATGCGCTGT CTAATAGCCC ATTTGACGTG TAGGTGGCGC TTTTATTTCT GAGGTGGAAA T a) If the primers were both 20 nucleotides long, what are the sequences for both PCR primers that will amplify only the highlighted region? Be sure to label the 5' and 3' ends. (4 points) b) What is the length (in bp) of the entire region amplified by their primers (i.e. the amplicon length)? (Note: the spacing in the above sequence is intentionally uniform) (2 points) c) If you start with 300 copies template DNA how many copies would you expect to produce if you ran the PCR for 22 cycles? Show your work. (4 points)

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18. You want to express hemoglobin beta (HBB) in a bacteria model using a vector. You would like
to amplify the following gene by PCR.
GTAGAATATG ATAAGCGAAA CTGCAAATCG CGTTTGGGGC GATACAAGTA GTGTACGCGG
ACCGCGCCGA GCGGGCTATG GTTTCTCCAC TATCAGTTCT TCTCCTGTCC CAGCGAAGTC
GAGGTCCAGC CCTACGGTAC ATAACTAACA CGGTTTGAAG AAGATACGAT CTTACGAAGT
AAAGAAAATT TGTAGTCAGC CCGGTTCGCT TGTGTCCAGC TAATCGATTG ATTGGCCCCA
GCAGGCGAGA TGAACATAGT CATGCGCTGT CTAATAGCCC ATTTGACGTG TAGGTGGCGC
TTTTATTTCT GAGGTGGAAA T
a) If the primers were both 20 nucleotides long, what are the sequences for both PCR primers that will
amplify only the highlighted region? Be sure to label the 5' and 3' ends. (4 points)
b) What is the length (in bp) of the entire region amplified by their primers (i.e. the amplicon length)? (Note:
the spacing in the above sequence is intentionally uniform) (2 points)
c) If you start with 300 copies template DNA how many copies would you expect to produce if you ran the
PCR for 22 cycles? Show your work. (4 points)
Transcribed Image Text:18. You want to express hemoglobin beta (HBB) in a bacteria model using a vector. You would like to amplify the following gene by PCR. GTAGAATATG ATAAGCGAAA CTGCAAATCG CGTTTGGGGC GATACAAGTA GTGTACGCGG ACCGCGCCGA GCGGGCTATG GTTTCTCCAC TATCAGTTCT TCTCCTGTCC CAGCGAAGTC GAGGTCCAGC CCTACGGTAC ATAACTAACA CGGTTTGAAG AAGATACGAT CTTACGAAGT AAAGAAAATT TGTAGTCAGC CCGGTTCGCT TGTGTCCAGC TAATCGATTG ATTGGCCCCA GCAGGCGAGA TGAACATAGT CATGCGCTGT CTAATAGCCC ATTTGACGTG TAGGTGGCGC TTTTATTTCT GAGGTGGAAA T a) If the primers were both 20 nucleotides long, what are the sequences for both PCR primers that will amplify only the highlighted region? Be sure to label the 5' and 3' ends. (4 points) b) What is the length (in bp) of the entire region amplified by their primers (i.e. the amplicon length)? (Note: the spacing in the above sequence is intentionally uniform) (2 points) c) If you start with 300 copies template DNA how many copies would you expect to produce if you ran the PCR for 22 cycles? Show your work. (4 points)
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