PLANTBI C112 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chromosome

1/Recombinant plasmids are engineered so that they can replicatein the cell independently of the chromosome replication. Why is itimportant to have multiple copies of a recombinant plasmid within acell?

2/How is the information encoded in the rfp gene expressed as atrait? Be sure to use what you have previously learned about geneexpression and the relationship between DNA, RNA, protein, andtraits.

3/Why is it possible for bacteria to make a human protein, suchas insulin, or a sea anemone protein, such as the red fluorescentdye?

do archaea have:
1.DNA with histones?
2.cromosomes?
3.plasmids?
4.integrons in genes?
5.nucleolus?
6.mitocondria?
7.cloroplasts?
8.endoplasmic reticulum?
9. golgi?
10. lysosomes?
11. gas vesicle?
12.ribosomes?

1. Describe the four possible fates of exogenote DNA during horizontal gene transfer.

2. Briefly describe the mechanism of simple transposition, using correct terminology.

3. What are plasmids? Give an example of a conjugative plasmid.