Trends in Biotechnology

Exam revisions

You can access many revision questions for the exam at the following sites.

Many of the sites also have an animation.

1. Biotechnology: Old and New

Go to the book site http://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20bI&product_isbn_issn=9780495112051

Choose 1. Biotechnology: Old and New from the drop down box.

Do the tutorial quiz.

2. From DNA to Proteins

Go to the book site http://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20bI&product_isbn_issn=9780495112051Choose 2. From DNA to Proteins from the drop down box.Do the tutorial quiz.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chapter9/multiple_choice_quiz.htmlhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chapter10/multiple_choice_quiz.html

DNA Structurehttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter1/dna_structure.htmlStructural Basis of DNA Replicationhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter1/structural_basis_of_dna_replication.htmlHershey and Chase Experimenthttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter2/hershey_and_chase_experiment.html

Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryoteshttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter3/control_of_gene_expression_in_eukaryotes.htmlHow Translation Workshttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter3/how_translation_works.htmlmRNA Synthesis (Transcription)http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter3/mrna_synthesis__transcription_.html

Processing of Gene Information: Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryoteshttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter6/processing_of_gene_information__prokaryotes_vs__eukaryotes.htmlStages of Transcriptionhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter6/stages_of_transcription.html

Combination of Switches: the Lac Operonhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter7/combination_of_switches__the_lac_operon.htmlRegulatory Proteins: Regulation by Repressionhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter7/regulatory_proteins__regulation_by_repression.html

The Lac Operonhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter7/the_lac_operon.htmlThe Trp Operonhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter7/the_trp_operon.html

How Spliceosomes Process RNAhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter14/how_spliceosomes_process_rna.htmlRNA Interferencehttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter16/rna_interference.html

3. Recombinant DNA

Go to the book site http://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20bI&product_isbn_issn=9780495112051Choose 3. Recombinant DNA from the drop down box.Do the tutorial quiz.

3. Recombinant DNA

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chapter18/multiple_choice_quiz.html

cDNAhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/cdna.htmlConstruction of a Plasmid Vectorhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/construction_of_a_plasmid_vector.htmlDNA Fingerprintinghttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/dna_fingerprinting.html

Early Genetic Engineering Experimenthttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/early_genetic_engineering_experiment.htmlPCR Reactionshttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/pcr_reactions.htmlPolymerase Chain Reactionhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/polymerase_chain_reaction.html

Sanger Sequencinghttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/sanger_sequencing.htmlSteps in Cloning a Genehttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/steps_in_cloning_a_gene.htmlDNA Probe (DNA hybridization)http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter5/dna_probe__dna_hybridization_.html

2-D Electrophoresishttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter5/electrophoresis.htmlFISHhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter5/fish.htmlSouthern Blothttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter5/southern_blot.html

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphismshttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter24/restriction_fragment_length_polymorphisms.htmlMicroarrayshttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter25/microarrays.htmlUsing a DNA Microarrayhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter25/using_a_dna_microarray.html

4. Immunology

Go to the book site http://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20bI&product_isbn_issn=9780495112051Choose 4. Immunology from the drop down box.Do the tutorial quiz.

Activation of Complement http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter31/animation_quiz_1.htmlAntiviral Activity of Interferon http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter31/animation_quiz_2.htmlPhagocytosis http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter31/animation_quiz_3.html

Antigenic Determinants (Epitopes) http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter32/animation_quiz_5.html T-Cell Dependent Antigens http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter32/animation_quiz_6.htmlCytotoxic T-Cell Activity against Target Cells http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter32/animation_quiz_1.html

Monoclonal Antibody Production http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter32/animation_quiz_3.htmlELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter33/animation_quiz_1.html

Genetics of Immunityhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chapter16/multiple_choice_quiz.htmlAntibody Diversityhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter23/antibody_diversity.html

Here is an immunology tutorialhttp://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/immunology/main.html

10. Medical Biotechnology

Gene Therapy Multiple Choice QuizTry the Basic and Intermediate questionshttp://www.genetherapynet.com/quiz.html

Go to the textbook sitehttp://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20bI&product_isbn_issn=9780495112051Choose 10. Medical Biotechnology from the chapter drop down box.Do the Tutorial Quiz

Genetic Technologies: Amplifying, Modifying, and Monitoring DNA http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chapter19/multiple_choice_quiz.html