BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Questionnaire on: Belasco et al (1985)
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Spring 2016  


I. Basic Information

A. Your name  
II. Old business
  1. Brenner et al (1961) - the rationale and the experiment
    Regarding Brenner et al (1961) and its companion, do you understand the three hypotheses they were trying to test? Do you understand the nature of the experiment(s) they performed?

     
  2. Problem Set 7
    Any concerns about Problem Set 7, particularly question 3 (redrawing figures from Brenner et al (1961))?

     
  3. Observations/results vs conclusions
    Any concerns about distinguishing observations or results from conclusions?

     
  4. Research proposal?
    Issues concerning your proposal are always welcome!
    For example, you might have concerns about the outline (target date April 18).

III. Belasco et al (1985), Part I

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

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

  • The question you are directing at this article and the biology behind the question
     
  • The nature of an operon
     
  • The process of skimming an article to decide what part of it to read
     
  • S1 protection experiments
     

IV. 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
     
V. Miscellaneous
Any other comments, questions, suggestions, or concerns you may have?

Thanks!

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