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A: Lysosomes contain a wide variety of hydrolytic enzymes including proteases, nucleases, glycosidases,…
Q: Describe how you would genetically design a superbugresistant to b-lactams, methicillin,…
A: Superbugs are strains of viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites that are resistant to most the…
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Q: Describe the main features of conjugation and its outcomes.
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Q: Leber amaurosis
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Q: Define the term cytopathic effect and provide one example.
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- explain how a wild type PAH enzyme works to process phenylalanine and how a mutated PAH enzyme could lead to PKU.Predict the phenotypic consequences of each of the following mutations: A. apetala1 defective B. pistillata defective C. apetala1 and pistillata defectiveGive three reasons why Salmonella strains are very useful for mutagenesis studies.
- Describe how you would genetically design a superbugresistant to b-lactams, methicillin, streptomycin, daptomycin,and trimethoprimFor E. coli strains with the lac genotypes show below, use a plus sign (+) to indicate the synthesis of β-galactosidase and permease and a minus sign (–) to indicate no synthesis of the proteins.explain the phenomenon of mutarotation. how is it detected?
- Explain why mutations of the Arg residue in Gsα that is ADPribosylated by cholera toxin are oncogenic mutations.Describe the medical applications of human gene therapy in the following diseases: Haemophilia, Cystic fibrosis, and Leber congenital amaurosis.Explain the meaning of the name reverse transcriptase.