GENETIC ANALYSIS: AN INTEG. APP. W/MAS
GENETIC ANALYSIS: AN INTEG. APP. W/MAS
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Author: Sanders
Publisher: Pearson Custom Publishing
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Chapter 10, Problem 29P

A complete plant gene containing four introns and five exons is carried on a 6 .0- kb DNA fragment. DNA sequencing analysis finds that this fragment contains 1000 base pairs that flank the transcribed region of the gene and 5000 base pairs that are transcribed. Four introns contain 3500 base pairs, and five exons contain 1500 base pairs. Northern blot analysis is performed on mRNA of this gene using a probe that binds to a portion of one of the exons. mRNA isolated from the cytoplasm of cells is compared to mRNA isolated from cell nuclei on the northern blot. Do you expect that all the mRNAs will be a uniform length, or will mRNA molecules of multiple lengths be detected on the northern blot?

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In Northern blot analysis, mRNA samples from tissues are bound to a labeled DNA probe that is complementary to the mRNA, and run on a gel to be visualized. The protein tropomyosin is known to be present in both brain and liver.  When brain and liver tissue were assayed for the presence of tropomyosin mature mRNA, bands of two different sizes were seen. Tropomyosin gene diagram (3000 bp total): Shown in attatched image If the band on the Northern blot for mRNA isolated from liver tissue is 2580 bp, whereas from brain tissue the band is 2250 bp, what is most likely? a)The two mRNAs are made from different tropomyosin DNA sequences. b)Exon 2 is alternatively spliced out of the brain mRNA. c)Introns 1 and 2 are spliced out of the brain transcript but not the liver transcript. d)Exons 1 and 3 are spliced out of the brain transcript but not the liver transcript. e)Exon 2 is alternatively spliced out of the liver mRNA.
You are studying a gene containing three exons (exon 1 = 66 nucleotides , exon 2 = 99 nucleotides , and exon 3 = 333 nucleotides ) that produces a primary RNA transcript 748 nucleotides long . Gel electrophoresis analysis shows different size mature transcripts are produced in three different cell types . The sizes of the mature transcripts are the following : 1. Neuronal nalcells = 498 nucleotides 2. Muscle cells = 600 nucleotides 3. Liver cells = 399nu nucleotides Primary RNA ranscript = 748 nucleotides a. Name the strategy that allows the same gene to produce different mature transcripts in different tissues . b. Describe the ways (or combinations of exons /introns ) used to produce each one ofthe three mature transcripts . Label the each mature transcripts and include its length . c. Indicate the length of the polypeptide encoded by each mature transcript
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