Card 121
Question
What is the term for the full collection of genes present in a population of genetically similar organisms?
Answer
Gene pool
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Card 122
Question
What is the common name for recombinant DNA technology?
Answer
Gene Splicing
Card 123
Question
In the International Union of Biochemistry system of enzyme nomenclature, the first number identifies what?
Answer
General reaction type/class of the enzyme
Card 124
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What is a transformation in terms of biotechnology?
Answer
Genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the direct uptake and incorporation of exogenous genetic material from its surroundings through the cell membrane(s). Bacteria can acquire new genetic material by taking up free DNA (often plasmids) from their surroundings.
Card 125
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What is the term for inserting a gene from one organism into another?
Answer
Genetic engineering or recombinant DNA technology.
Card 126
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In genetics what is conjugation?
Answer
Genetic material is transferred directly from one bacterium (the donor) to another (the recipient) through a physical connection (a pilus).
Card 127
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What does GMO stand for?
Answer
Genetically Modified Organism
Card 128
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What is the term for an organism whose genome has been altered using recombinant DNA technology?
Answer
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO).
Card 129
Question
A bacteria, yeast or filamentous fungi in which the genetic material has been changed through in vitro nucleic acid techniques or fusion of cells is referred to as what by the FAO-WHO?
Answer
Genetically modified organisms/ GMO
Card 130
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What is the term for a complete set of genetic material in an organism?
Answer
Genome
Card 131
Question
Both glycogenesis and glycogenolysis are controlled primarily by the interplay between the two hormones insulin and ______.
Answer
Glucagon
Card 132
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Thinking, memory, and learning in the brain are closely linked to what levels in the body?
Answer
Glucose
Card 133
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The major carbohydrate fuel for most organisms is?
Answer
Glucose
Card 134
Question
Name the enzyme that converts glucose to fructose and vice versa.
Answer
Glucose isomerase
Card 135
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Which enzyme converts glucose to gluconic acid in food biotechnology?
Answer
Glucose oxidase.
Card 136
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What compound is the precursor to glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway in respiration of plant tissues?
Answer
Glucose-6-phosphate
Card 137
Question
What enzyme, only present in the liver and kidney, converts glucose-6-phosphate to glucose?
Answer
Glucose-6-phosphotase
Card 138
Question
Which transporter lies on the basolateral membrane of enterocytes and facilitates the movement of hexoses to the portal blood?
Answer
GLUT2
Card 139
Question
Which glucose transporter is sensitive to insulin?
Answer
GLUT4
Card 140
Question
Name the smallest & largest amino acid by molecular weight.
Answer
Glycine and tryptophan
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