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Design the primers that you will use for the PCR reaction to amplify the rac gene. Include any additional sequences (for example restriction enzyme sites). (b) (5 points) – Suppose that when you designed your primers, you made a mistake and instead of the correct base (a G) on the 3' end of one of the primers you placed a C nucleotide; explain how this would affect the results of the PCR (if no affect, state that). (c) The PCR product does not contain phosphates on their 5’ends. How can it be ligated into the AT-vector?

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~1000 Base Pairs ! ! 5’-ATGGCTTACGTG-----------CCATAGGGCTAA-3’ ! ! 3’-TACCGAATGCAC-----------GGTATCCCGATT-5’

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5’ GTTACTTAGGTATTGCCGAT KAH ATCTTGTAACCTAT ACTGTG3’

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Hi please help with this its very important for my grade worth 25 points of my grade:

The AT-vector containing the rac PCR sequences AND the expression vector DNA to be used for cloning are digested with XhoI and EcoR1. The fragments were then mixed and joined together before transformation.

(a) (4 points) – Why were two different restriction enzymes used?

(b) (4 points) – If the cloning had been done with only a single restriction enzyme (both PCR primers contained the same restriction enzyme site and the vector was digested with only that one enzyme [for example EcoR1]), what additional step would have to be done to ensure that the correct clone was obtained?

(c) If the vector DNA to be used for cloning is digested with BamH1 and the TA-vetor/rac DNA used for cloning is digested with Sau3A, would using these two enzymes as described work for a cloning experiment? Explain

(d) (4 points) - What is the name of the enzyme used to join the ends of the target and vector DNA molecules together?

(e) (4 points) - What would happen during the ligation reaction if the restriction enzyme was not heat inactivated before the ligation reaction?

(f) (4 points) - Why was it necessary to treat the vector with phosphatase?

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