BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Questionnaire on: Belasco et al (1985) - Regulation of transcription
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Fall 2014  


I. Basic Information

A. Your name 
II. Old business
(no need to repeat anything you've said in a previous questionnaire)
  1. Research proposal?
    Progress? Problems? Progress on summary?
    Have you looked ahead to the proposal outline (target date Nov 14)? Approaching readiness?

     
  2. Belasco et al (1985), Part I?
    Final words on Part I of the companion to Belasco et al (1985)?
    Do you understand how to read this article in a directed way?
    Do you grasp the Nature of an operon?
    Do you understand what an S1 protection experiment is?
    Do you understand how the experiment that lay behind Fig. 2b?
    Do you understand how to interpret Fig. 2b?

III. Belasco et al (1985), Part II

A. How far have you gotten in this article and its companion (Part II)?
     

B. Consider how comfortable you are with the following topics regarding these matters:

  • The elements of the S1-protection experiment in this article
     
  • Use of BioBIKE to investigate genome of R. capsulatus
     
  • Equating Belasco et al's Fig. 1 with the genome sequence obtained from BioBIKE
     
  • Identification of restriction sites (e.g. EcoRI)
     
  • Interpreting Fig. 2 from Belasco et al
     
  • Interpreting Fig. 4 from Belasco et al
     

C. Choose up to five study questions that you would most like discussed in class and explain why.
     

IV. Miscellaneous

Any other comments, questions, suggestions, or concerns you may have?

Thanks!

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