Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
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Author: Leland H. Hartwell, Michael L. Goldberg, Janice A. Fischer, Leroy Hood, Charles F. Aquadro
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 35P
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To determine:
The process by which RNA-Seq analysis can be used to find the components of Vibrio. fischeri quorum-sensing pathway and determining if any of the components of the pathway have escaped detection.
Introduction:
Vibrio. fischeri is a gram-negative bacteria having the ability of bioluminescence. These bacteria utilize quorum sensing to regulate the gene expression in response to changes in the cell density. RNA-sequencing is a technique used to study and analyze the expression of a full range of messenger RNA or transcriptome. It provides the ability to observe the undetected changes that occur in diseased states.
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Chapter 15 Solutions
Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
Ch. 15 - For each of the terms in the left column, choose...Ch. 15 - The following statement occurs early in this...Ch. 15 - One of the main lessons of this chapter is that...Ch. 15 - All mutations that abolish function of the Rho...Ch. 15 - The promoter of an operon is the site to which RNA...Ch. 15 - You are studying an operon containing three genes...Ch. 15 - Prob. 7PCh. 15 - You have isolated two different mutants reg1 and...Ch. 15 - Bacteriophage , after infecting a cell, can...Ch. 15 - Mutants were isolated in which the constitutive...
Ch. 15 - For each of the E. coli strains containing the lac...Ch. 15 - For each of the growth conditions listed, what...Ch. 15 - For each of the following mutant E. coli strains,...Ch. 15 - Maltose utilization in E. coli requires the...Ch. 15 - Seven E. coli mutants were isolated. The activity...Ch. 15 - Prob. 16PCh. 15 - Six strains of E.coli mutants 16 that had one of...Ch. 15 - a. The original constitutive operator mutations in...Ch. 15 - Prob. 19PCh. 15 - Figure 15.16 on p. 525 shows that in the lac...Ch. 15 - Why is the trp attenuation mechanism unique to...Ch. 15 - a. How many ribosomes are required at a minimum...Ch. 15 - The following is a sequence of the leader region...Ch. 15 - For each of the E. coli strains that follow,...Ch. 15 - One mechanism by which antisense RNAs act as...Ch. 15 - For each element in the list that follows,...Ch. 15 - Great variation exists in the mechanisms by which...Ch. 15 - Many genes whose expression is turned on by DNA...Ch. 15 - Prob. 29PCh. 15 - The E.coli MalT protein is a positive regulator of...Ch. 15 - Prob. 31PCh. 15 - To find genes that are turned on or off in...Ch. 15 - Prob. 33PCh. 15 - Prob. 34PCh. 15 - Prob. 35PCh. 15 - The researchers who investigated bioluminescence...Ch. 15 - Prob. 37PCh. 15 - Quorum sensing controls the expression of...
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