If you could extract and quantify all the mRNA in a single cell, this would essentially be a measure of:

DNA or RNA probes ______. (Please choose all that apply)

When sequencing DNA using the Sanger (dideoxy) sequencing method, we rely on all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Following from the previous question about Anabaena, would you find mRNA that is the same between these two cell types, photosynthetic and nitrogen fixing heterocyst? If so, what would it represent?

Consider the following phenotypic identification examples and types. Match each example with the type of approach it represents.

Which of the following statements is true regarding comparisons of bacteria and sexually reproducing organisms?

Janthinobacterium lividum is a Gram negative bacterium that produces a dark violet compound called violacein that possess antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal properties. You are interested in finding gene(s) responsible for the production of violacein. You transform a culture with a plasmid containing a transposon and an ampicillin resistance gene (bla). Realizing your transformation efficiency will be low, how might you identify bacteria that have been successfully transformed?

Consider a population of E. coli mutants that have a defect in their lacI gene, resulting in the production of a repressor protein that binds to the operator of the lac operon, but does not bind to lactose itself. If you placed these cells in a growth media containing lactose, what would happen?

The process by which a bacterium can share a plasmid with another bacterium is called ______.

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is most analogous (similar) to ______.