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What is the technique where a nonfunctional gene is replaces by a functioning gene?
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What is the genetic aspect of Krabbe disease?
Affected individuals have two nonfunctional copies of the GALC gene. Parents of an affected child are healthy carriers and therefore have one normal GALC gene and one nonfunctional GALC gene
Which term describes as non-coding part of DNA that mau be a fragmented or nonfunctional gene?
mutation
Why has gene therapy been successful in curing human genetic diseases in the past?
It eliminates the undesired gene and replaces it with a unaffected gene
What happens if DNA pol 1 is nonfunctional in the replicated genome?
Nothing gets added on to the DNA. Pol I is suppose to repair damaged sequences , so if it is nonfunctional, the damage sequences remain causing a mutated gene sequence.
A gene that interrupts the normal functioning of life processes and results in death is a?
a lethal gene
What can regulate the functioning of a gene?
The answer to this question is Nucleosomes.
A technique that involves putting a healthy copy of a gene into cells that have a defective copy of the same gene?
gene therapy.
Benefits of medical treatments that control gene expression?
I would guess that if a gene is not functioning normally then controlling the expression of that gene would be beneficial.
What kinds of genetic testing exist?
Direct DNA sequencing examines the direct base pair sequence of a gene for specific gene mutations. Some genes contain more than 100,000 bases and a mutation of any one base can make the gene nonfunctional.
What did the successful transfer of the luciferase gene from an animal to a plant indicate about the functioning of gene?
The successful transfer of the luciferase gene from an animal to a plant indicates that the basic mechanisms for gene expression are shared by plants and animals.
What happens to the repressor protein when it's not functioning?
When the repressor protein in not functioning then the gene that that protein was blocking will be "turned on". BTW its not right to cheat, even on study guides ;)
What is meant by gene knockout testing?
A knockout organism is an organism that's missing a functioning gene. They're used to test the function of genes and genetic diseases, because a researcher can observe specific changes in a gene knockout organism's gene expression and traits.
