Your Student Is Trying to Create a "Gene X" Knockout

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Essay

Your student is trying to create a "Gene X" knockout mouse by introducing a recombinant construct into embryonic stem (ES)cells, selecting transformants, and introducing the transformed cells into mouse blastocysts. He designed his construct as follows:
Neo^R----region of homology to Gene X---HSV tk--- region of homology to Gene X
where Neo^R is the neomycin-resistance gene and HSV tk is the Herpes Simplex virus thymidine kinase gene. He transforms the ES cells and exposes them to G418 and ganciclovir. Explain to your student he failed to recover transformed ES cells.

Understand the impact of manufacturing overhead application on cost of goods sold.

Prepare journal entries related to manufacturing overhead incurrence and application.

Understand the process of recording transactions for raw materials, including distinguishing between direct and indirect materials.

Learn the method to calculate and journalize the manufacturing overhead based on raw materials transactions.

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