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Nucleic Acid Methods
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the main use of pulse field electrophoresis? | Separates long chains of DNA like chromosomes |
| Why do we tag DNA fragments with P32? | This allows for creation of DNA probes that can be located easily in specific regions on a chromosome |
| What is hybridization? | When heat is applied to DS DNA and the hydrogen bonds are broken, this denaturing it. When reformed, this is called hybridization |
| What is the difference between northern and southern blotting? | Northern - SS DNA Southern - DS DNA |
| When does the northern/southern differ from western? | Membrane (similar) is placed in a buffered salt solution containing DNA probes |
| What kind of bacteria cells are DNA plasmids inserted into? | competent cells |
| In short, how is a genomic DNA library made? | Genomic dna is cut randomly and all inserts are put into vectors and grown individually in bacteria |
| What is cDNA made from? | mRNA |
| Where does cDNA reverse transcription begin? | Poly-A Tail |
| What degrades the mRNA strand? | RNase H |