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transcribed. The deletion of the paternal allele, which occurs in 70% of cases (this occurs when a segment of the paternal chromosome 15 is deleted in each cell), or maternal uniparental disomy (UPD), which occurs in 25% of cases, leads to loss of expression of SNRPN gene, and thus, to Prader-Willi syndrome. UPD causes the affected individual to have two copies of chromosome 15 inherited from their mother instead of one copy from each parent. Prader-Willi syndrome can also be caused by a…

The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) within organisms can be methylated while proteins can be either methylated or acetylated. The methylation of DNA and RNA is used for alternative splicing used for production of different mRNA molecules resulting in numerous new proteins. One of the molecules believed to perform the methylation is N6A or N6 methyladenosine. Methylation is the most observed modification to mRNA molecules. Methylation of both DNA and RNA ensures…

Introduction Epigenetics, “above-genetics” is concerned with the mechanism that underlies developmental processes and canalization that are neither necessarily transmitted nor brought about by changes in the DNA sequence in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. At the cellular level it focuses on the developmental process that leads to cell determination and cell differentiation (Jablonka & Raz, 2009). Narrowly defined, epigenetics refers to the scientific approach concerned with changes in the…

infringe on students ' right of freedom of speech and expression. One of the main points that is promoted is that college allows students to freely express their views and opinions to create a more diverse environment. Even one of the policies in the student handbook at HCC under disruptive conduct states “Intentionally interfering with the freedom of expression of others.” Which is a contradiction to the other policies which have profane expressions under “Harassment/Stalking.” Based on all…

Lab #5 Assignment: Protein Analysis by SDS-PAGE Introduction: Different cells and tissues express different proteins because of gene expression. Gene basically reflects what the protein will be and also its function. The expression must be controlled by some kind of regulation in the processes of transcription and translation. For example, in transcription, enhancer sequences provide binding sites for regulatory proteins that will affect RNA polymerase activity. On a related note, the size of…

free dictionary.com it states' All speech is not equal under the First Amendment. The high court has identified five areas of expression that the government may legitimately restrict under certain circumstances. These areas are speech that incites illegal activity and subversive speech, fighting words, obscenity and pornography, commercial speech, and symbolic expression'. On this information and amongst other I believe that freedom of speech is both restricted to a fault and abused.…

Radiolab did a segment on how our facial expressions can be hints to our inner emotions by interviewing Paul Ekman, a renowned psychologist who is a pioneer in the study of emotions. The radio segment begins with a psychologist by the name of Gordon Burghardt. Burghardt studies snakes particularly the hognose snake. Gordon studies them by putting a chicken puppet inside the cage and begins to attack the snake with this puppet. The snake reacts by flipping over on its back, starts to bleed from…

Research into the genetics of deafness has shown that mutations in the CX26 gene, located on human chromosome 13q11, cause non-syndromic recessive deafness (9, 10). Expression of GJB2 has been documented in a variety of cells and tissues. In the cochlea, CX26-containing gap junctions are proposed to maintain K homeostasis by ferrying K away from the hair cells during auditory transduction(11). Recently, it has been shown…

1) Which genome engineering mechanism they used to create transgenic ES (Embryonic stem cell)? What is the goal of this transgenesis? Answer: They chose to mutate Sos1 because it showed more expression in tissues and cell lines than Sos2. After they tested which Sos gene had more expression, they moved on to mutating Sos1 in murine ES cells using homologous integration of a lacZ-neor cassette. This cassette was placed in front of the Sos1 coding sequence. The goal was to integrate this cassette…

Transcription is a process which information from DNA is converted into its RNA equivalent which also refers to the synthesis of RNA copy of information encoded on DNA. The same principles of transcriptional regulation apply to both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Transcription involves in access of transcription apparatus to DNA, recognition of promoter sequences, initiation of RNA synthesis, elongation of RNA, and termination. Transcriptional in eukaryotes is more complex compared to prokaryotes…