Microbiology Quiz 10

Please label the image to review the process of polymerase chain reaction and how its products can be analyzed using gel electrophoresis

Top to bottom: DNA sample, denaturation, priming, extension, new strand, complete copies, original strands

True

True or false: Biotechnologists have developed and tested bacteria that may be used to clean up oil spills

True

True or false: In the laboratory, the chemistry of DNA allows varying temperatures to be used to separate the two strands and replicate the DNA

False

True or false: Unlike RNAi therapy, side effects from gene therapy are rare

Ti plamid

What cloning vector is specifically used to introduce DNA to plants?

antibiotics

Which of the following is NOT a type of protein product obtained through recombinant DNA technology

polymerase chain reaction

Which of the following is NOT one of the most reliable methods of DNA fingerprinting

gene therapy

Correction or repair of a faulty gene in humans suffering from a fatal or debilitating disease is a process known as ____

Southern blot analysis is used to identify DNA fragments that are carrying specific DNA sequences

Please choose the statement that best expresses the goal of Southern Blot analysis

DNA microarray analysis is used to determine which genes are being transcribed

Please choose the statement that describes the purpose of DNA microarray analysis