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Unit 1 lab techniques

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Describe how to carry out a serial dilution   1ml of stock solution with 9ml of water. Then 1ml of diluted solution with 9ml of water and so on....  
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What substance controls pH   buffers  
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Describe two techniques that can be used to quantify the concentration of an unknown solution   1.colorimetry 2. titration  
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What is another term for a colorimeter   spectrophotometer  
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What is a standard curve   measuring absorbance of known concentrations in a colorimeter to extrapolate unknown from graph  
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On what property are substances separated in centrifugation   density  
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What name is given to the substance at bottom and top during centrifugation   bottom - pellet top - supernatant  
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Small substances are found where after centrifugation   in supernatant  
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What technique separates proteins based on pH   Iso electric focusing  
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What is meant by the iso electric point of a protein   When it is OVERALL neutral and precipitates out of solution  
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What are the two types of gel electrophoresis by which proteins can be separated   1. Denaturing 2. Native/non denaturing  
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Explain the process of denaturing gel electrophoresis   All proteins are denatured to give a negative charge and move to positive end dependent on size  
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Explain the process of native gel electrophoresis   Proteins remain in original conformation (no denaturing) and migrate through gel dependent on SIZE & CHARGE  
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What type of gel electrophoresis depends only on size   Denaturing (as all proteins are artifically made negative)  
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What type of gel electrophoresis depends on size and charge   Native (protein charge not affected)  
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Name a factor affecting protein migration apart from size or charge   size of pores in buffer  
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What are the types of microscopy   1. bright field 2. Fluorescence  
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Which type of microscopy allows tiny structures such as individual proteins within the cell to be viewed   Fluorescence  
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Which type of microscopy is more limited in its resolution   Bright field  
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Which type of microscopy is more simple to use   Bright field  
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Which type of microscopy involves antibodies to tag objects   Fluorescence  
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Name an object that can be viewed under a bright field microscope   whole organisms, parts of organism or thin tissues  
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What does a haemocytometer estimate   Total cell count  
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What technique is able to distinguish between dead cells and viable cells   Vital Staining with trypan blue  
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Explain why only dead cells stain with trypan blue   Trypan blue toxic so actively pumped out by living (viable) cells  
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Explain how to estimate total cell count in a haemocytometer   Ensure all units are in CM. L x B X Depth = volume Count cells that fit in grid Proportion calculation to scale up for chosen volume which is always larger than volume calculated  
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What term is given to cells that can only divide a limited number of times (hayflick) limit   primary cell lines  
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What term is given to cells that can divide infinitely   Cancer cells  
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Why are growth regulators/hormones used in plant tissue   To enable explant to divide into callus AND to enable callus to differentiate into plantlet  
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Why do mammalian cells need foetal bovine serum   For cell proliferation  
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Why do mammalian cells need antibiotics   to kill bacteria which grow more readily than mammalian cells  
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What type of organisms are produced from inoculum   microbes  
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What type of organisms are produced from explants   plants  
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Describe the 5 key stages of mammalian cell sub culture   Use proteolytic enzymes to remove mammalian cells from tissue Cells adhere to surface Cells flatten Cells divide to form a monolayer Cells form confluent Process repeats  
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What is a protoplast   plant cell without cell wall  
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How are different species of plants produced in a lab   2 protoplasts fused together with electric shock & cell wall reformed plant growth regulators then added to divide cells to form callus which differentiate into plantlet  
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Name a plant hormone/growth regulator   auxin or cytokinins  
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Name a substance a plant needs to grow except plant hormones   M & S salts, Macroelements NPK or Microelements Cu, Zn, vitamins, glucose  
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What two cells fuse to make a hybridomas   B lymphocyte with a myeloma cell  
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How are specific monoclonal antibodies produced in a lab   injecting mouse with specific antigen that produces antibodies. Removing spleen and extract B lymphocytes & fusing with myeloma cell to form hybridomas  
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What substance are the hybridomas placed in and subsequently diluted to ensure one cell per well   polyethylene glycol (PEG).  
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