All About Proteins Equipment Fingerprinting Western Blotting Structure
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What are amino acids?
The monomers (building blocks) of a protein.
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What is a micropipette?
The device used for measuring, drawing up, and dispensing small amounts of liquid.
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What is translation?
The step where genetic code carried by mRNA is decided to produce the specific sequence if amino acids in a polypeptide chain
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What is a protein?
Detects specific _____ in a tissue sample
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What is the secondary structure?
The structure in which the amino acids form an alpha helix
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What is a protein?
One of the four macromolecules of biology, this molecule does everything in a cell except hold/transport genetic information and energy.
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What is a power source?
The device in which the electrodes are plugged in and receive power.
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what is transcription?
The step where info in a strand of DANA is copied into a new molecule of mRNA
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What is a polyacrylamide gel?
The type of gel used in Western Blotting
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What is the primary structure?
The structure in which the amino acids form a single file line
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What is (vertical) gel electrophoresis?
The process by which proteins can be separated based on size and weight.
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What is the chamber?
The contraption that holds the gels.
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What is DANA?
deoxyribonucleic acid
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What is a membrane?
The proteins are transferred on to a ________
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What are amino acids?
The chemicals which come together to form proteins
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What is the central dogma of biology?
The process by which mRNA take information from DNA, transport out of the nucleus, and go to a ribosome, where amino acids are linked onto tRNA.
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What is a heat block?
The machine which heats up samples (without water).
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What is mRNA?
Messenger ribonucleic acid
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What is immunoblot?
Another name for Western Blotting
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What is tertiary structure?
The structure in which the protein blobs upon itself
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What is Biuret's reagent?
The common indicator that tests for a protein.
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What is a Western Blotting cassette?
The contraption that holds the gel, a nitrocellulose membrane, and pads.
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tRNA
Transfer ribonucleic acid
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Southern, Northern, Western
The other types of blotting
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What is quaternary structure?
The structure in which multiple protein blobs come together






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