Help with Knockout and Mutation Analyses

Practice Questions

GRE Subject Test: Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology › Help with Knockout and Mutation Analyses

Questions
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1

A scientist is trying to create a mutant cell line that has a specific non-functional protein. After many different mutagenesis techniques, he is unable to create a cell line with the mutation he desires. Which of the follow might be the reason he cannot generate a mutant for this protein?

2

Which of the following techniques can be used for mutagenesis?

3

Which of the following is not a way to disrupt the expression of a specific gene?

4

A student researcher is trying to identify genes that are turned on by a specific transcription factor. Which of the following techniques can the student use?

5

In a knockout, what is a chimeric mouse?

6

When using the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology, what genomic functional element does the Cas9 endonuclease recognize to indicate where it introduces a double stranded break?

7

Which of the following gene editing technologies is not utilized to programmably alter/mutate specific genomic loci in uni/multicellular organisms?

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