"Footprinting," or DNase Protection, Is a Technique Used to Identify

question 98

Multiple Choice

"Footprinting," or DNase protection, is a technique used to identify:

• A) a region of DNA that has been damaged by mutation.
• B) E. coli cells that contain a desired, cloned piece of DNA.
• C) the position of a particular gene of a chromosome.
• D) the position of internally double-stranded regions in a single-stranded DNA molecule.
• E) the specific binding site of a repressor, polymerase, or other protein on the DNA.

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Definitions:

Probability Of Success

The likelihood of achieving a desired outcome or result in an experiment or project.

Random Variable

A variable whose outcomes are determined by chance, used in probability theory and statistics.

Independent

Not influenced or controlled by others; in statistics, two variables are independent if the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of occurrence of the other.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean, used as an indicator of uncertainty or volatility.