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
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&product_isbn_issn=9780495112051
Choose 1. Biotechnology: Old and New from
the drop down box.
Do the tutorial quiz.
2. From DNA to Proteins
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&product_isbn_issn=9780495112051
Choose 2. From DNA to Proteins from the drop
down box.
Do the tutorial quiz.
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chap
ter9/multiple_choice_quiz.html
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chap
ter10/multiple_choice_quiz.html
DNA Structure
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter1/d
na_structure.html
Structural Basis of DNA Replication
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter1/st
ructural_basis_of_dna_replication.html
Hershey and Chase Experiment
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter2/h
ershey_and_chase_experiment.html
Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter3/co
ntrol_of_gene_expression_in_eukaryotes.html
How Translation Works
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter3/h
ow_translation_works.html
mRNA Synthesis (Transcription)
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter3/m
rna_synthesis__transcription_.html
Processing of Gene Information: Prokaryotes
vs. Eukaryotes
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chap
ter6/processing_of_gene_information__prokary
otes_vs__eukaryotes.html
Stages of Transcription
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ter6/stages_of_transcription.html
Combination of Switches: the Lac Operon
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chap
ter7/combination_of_switches__the_lac_opero
n.html
Regulatory Proteins: Regulation by Repression
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ter7/regulatory_proteins__regulation_by_repre
ssion.html
The Lac Operon
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ter7/the_lac_operon.html
The Trp Operon
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ter7/the_trp_operon.html
How Spliceosomes Process RNA
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chap
ter14/how_spliceosomes_process_rna.html
RNA Interference
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chap
ter16/rna_interference.html
3. Recombinant DNA
Go to the book site
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&product_isbn_issn=9780495112051
Choose 3. Recombinant DNA from the drop
down box.
Do the tutorial quiz.
3. Recombinant DNA
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chap
ter18/multiple_choice_quiz.html
cDNA
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/cd
na.html
Construction of a Plasmid Vector
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nstruction_of_a_plasmid_vector.html
DNA Fingerprinting
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na_fingerprinting.html
Early Genetic Engineering Experiment
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rly_genetic_engineering_experiment.html
PCR Reactions
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r_reactions.html
Polymerase Chain Reaction
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/p
olymerase_chain_reaction.html
Sanger Sequencing
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/sa
nger_sequencing.html
Steps in Cloning a Gene
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter4/st
eps_in_cloning_a_gene.html
DNA Probe (DNA hybridization)
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter5/d
na_probe__dna_hybridization_.html
2-D Electrophoresis
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter5/el
ectrophoresis.html
FISH
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h.html
Southern Blot
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uthern_blot.html
Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter24/r
estriction_fragment_length_polymorphisms.html
Microarrays
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter25/
microarrays.html
Using a DNA Microarray
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chapter25/
using_a_dna_microarray.html
4. Immunology
Go to the book site
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&product_isbn_issn=9780495112051
Choose 4. Immunology from the drop down
box.
Do the tutorial quiz.
Activation of Complement
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter31/a
nimation_quiz_1.html
Antiviral Activity of Interferon
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter31/a
nimation_quiz_2.html
Phagocytosis
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter31/a
nimation_quiz_3.html
Antigenic Determinants (Epitopes)
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter32/a
nimation_quiz_5.html
T-Cell Dependent Antigens
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter32/a
nimation_quiz_6.html
Cytotoxic T-Cell Activity against Target Cells
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter32/a
nimation_quiz_1.html
Monoclonal Antibody Production
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chap
ter32/animation_quiz_3.html
ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chap
ter33/animation_quiz_1.html
Genetics of Immunity
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chap
ter16/multiple_choice_quiz.html
Antibody Diversity
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0073525324/student_view0/chap
ter23/antibody_diversity.html
Here is an immunology tutorial
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tu
torials/immunology/main.html
10. Medical Biotechnology
Gene Therapy Multiple Choice Quiz
Try the Basic and Intermediate questions
http://www.genetherapynet.com/quiz.html
Go to the textbook site
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sn=9780495112051
Choose 10. Medical Biotechnology from the chapter drop down
box.
Do the Tutorial Quiz
Genetic Technologies: Amplifying, Modifying,
and Monitoring DNA
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/007246268x/student_view0/chap
ter19/multiple_choice_quiz.html