What does colchicine do to the cell's size and how does it cause mutation to cells?

Q: Why did RNA silencing develop?

A: RNA silencing or RNA interference is a process of post-transcriptional gene regulation. It is a…

Q: What is a spontaneous mutation, and why are spontaneous mutations rare?

A: The mutation is the sudden deleterious effects in the DNA sequences, they can arise when the DNA is…

Q: What does Artemis (protein) do? How do loss of function mutations associated with Artemis cause…

A: Artemis is nuclear protein which is involved in DNA repair as well as V(D)J recombination.…

Q: What are the effects of Sxl mutations?

A: Mutations are defined as the change in the sequence of DNA of an organism due to any environmental…

Q: What is an electrogenic pump?

A: Sodium potassium ATPase is an integral membrane protein found in the cells of all higher eukaryotes.…

Q: Why are knockout mice called that?

A: Introduction There are several ways by which the expression of any gene can be silenced or stopped.…

Q: What is the difference between a germline mutation and a somatic mutation?

A: A mutation is a biological process occurring in the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence due to…

Q: What mutations are possible in gene ZFPM2?

A: ZFPM 2 is a multi zinc finger protein. It helps in transcription regulation of certain genes by…

Q: What are the two enzymatic functions of reverse transcriptase?

A: Enzymes are the biocatalyst that catalyzes the biochemical reactions or processes by lowering the…

Q: How do base analogs lead to mutations?

A: Base analogues are compounds that have a structure that is substantially close to one of the four…

Q: What is the difference between pluripotent and multipotent stem cells

A: Pleuripotent Stem Cells These cells can give rise to all of the cell types that make up the body.…

Q: what is amgen and what is their purpose?

A: Pharmaceutics is the study and production of drugs and remedies by governmental and private…

Q: Is the mutation in the sickle cell gene a point mutation or a frameshift mutation?

A: Point mutations are a large category of mutations that describe a change in single nucleotide of…

Q: How does colchicine causes mutation to cells? And what does colchicine do to the cell's size?

A: Mutations occur when a DNA gene is disrupted or changed in such a way that the genetic message sent…

Q: What are bacteriophages?

A: The term bacteriophage has two components, bacteria and phage. Bacteria are unicellular and…

Q: How does an intercalating agent cause mutations?

A: If there is a mistake that occurs in the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence, the process that…

Q: What are degenerativediseases?

A: Degenerative disease is caused by a continuous process based on degenerative(negative) cell changes,…

Q: Why would a mutation in a somatic cell of a multicellular organism escape detection?

A: Mutations that likely occurred in a somatic cell are not supposed to be transferred to its next…

Q: What are Activator (Ac) mutations ?

A: There is a need for several proteins and enzymes in the process of transcription. It is studied…

Q: What is antisense RNA? How does it control gene expression?

A: RNA (ribonucleic acid) is a polymer of nucleotides and is composed of a pentose sugar, a nitrogen…

Q: What is the relationship between SOS repair mechanism and resistance to antibiotics? Explain

A: Antibiotic resistance is developed by the transfer of the gene responsible for causing resistance to…

Q: What repressors do?

A: DNA is the genetic material present within the nucleus in the cell. It maintains the heredity of the…

Q: What is the effect of lacI- mutations?

A: The lactose operon or lac operon is an inducible operon system under dual – positive and negative…

Q: How are nucleic acids involved in cell transduction and regulation of different cellular processes?

A: Nucleic acids are the polymers of nucleotides. Nucleotides are in turn made up of sugar, a phosphate…

Q: How does the poliovirus protease 2Aro inhibit the expression of cellular genes?

A: Poliovirus 2Apro is a protein comprised of 149 amino acids that belong to the cysteine protease…

Q: What mutagen causes thymine dimers, and why does it kill cells?

A: A mutation occurs/happens when the sequence/structure of DNA changes. Mutations can occur/happens as…

Q: What is the result of superantigens?

A: Antigens (Ag) are toxins or pathogens. The immune system produces antibodies (Ab) against them as an…

Q: Where does COVID-19 go in the human body

A: COVID-19 is the infectious disease that causes symptoms such as sore throat, fever, etc. It is…

Q: What does the SRY gene do?

A: The genes for sex determination in Human beings are present in the sex chromosomes. If during the…

Q: How do riboswitches differ from RNA-mediated repression?

A: Riboswitches are small mRNA molecules that are comprised of regulatory sequences. The small protein…

Q: How does cdc9-50 cause changes to the DNA

A: A eukarotic cell has several nuclear DNA ligases, DNA ligase I play an important role as a…

Q: What is fadh2?

A: The coenzymes are organic, non-protein molecules that are necessary for the functioning of the…

Q: What are the end effects of drugs that block transcription?

A: During the transcription process the DNA is function as a template to form a messenger RNA molecule.…

Q: What are endoribonucleases ?

A: Introduction: endoribonucleases work primarily in RNA processing and turnover.

Q: What are anticodon?

A: An transfer Ribonucleic Acid (shortened tRNA and in the past alluded to as sRNA, for soluble RNA is…

Q: What is mitochondrial mutation?

A: Mitochondria are cell organelles present in aerobic eukaryotes that take part in oxidative…

Q: What type of mutation is shown below:

A: Structural chromosomal mutations refer to the changes in structure of a chromosome due to insertion,…

Q: How does the cell know which proteins to degrade?

A: The levels of proteins within cells are determined not only by rates of synthesis, but also by rates…

Q: What is the function of FAD/FADH2 in cells?

A: Flavine adenine dinucleotide (FAD): FAD is derived from vitamin B12. It is a two-electron oxidizing…

Q: What is RNA interference?

A: Recombinant DNA technology (rDNA technology) is extremely useful for analyzing a species' entire…

Q: What are trans-acting factors ?

A: Answer:Introduction:Cis-acting factors is also called as cis-regulatory factors means reacting by…

Q: what happens to people who get covid-19?

A: Coronavirus disease is caused by SARS CoV-2 virus. The virus affects the respiratory system that…

Q: What is a prion?

A: An infection is defined as the invasion and multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria,…

Q: What is the nature of the prion mutation that leads to extreme sensitivity to prion disease?

A: A misfolded protein can be defined as a protein that cannot get back to its normal native state due…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.