4. Working backwards challenge You have been hired as a genetic engineer. Your patient, Mr. Williams, is a 42-year-old male who has diabetes. To regulate his blood sugar levels, Mr. Williams must test...


4. Working backwards challenge<br>You have been hired as a genetic engineer. Your patient, Mr. Williams, is a 42-year-old male who has diabetes. To regulate his blood sugar<br>levels, Mr. Williams must test his blood daily and give himself insulin injections when necessary. Mr. Williams has contacted you to genetically<br>engineer bacteria to produce insulin. To genetically engineer bacteria, the section of DNA that codes for insulin is inserted into the bacterial<br>plasmid. You must work backwards to determine the DNA sequence.<br>Insulin consists of 51 amino acids. A small segment of the protein is provided below. Use the mRNA codon charts underneath to determine<br>the DNA sequence that would code for this segment of insulin.<br>Amino Acid<br>Start<br>Glycine<br>Leucine<br>Valine<br>Glutamic Acid<br>Proline<br>Stop<br>MRNA<br>AUG<br>AVAV<br>UGA<br>DNA<br>ТАС<br>Gv<br>TVTV<br>ACT<br>Second Base<br>P Type here to search<br>a<br>

Extracted text: 4. Working backwards challenge You have been hired as a genetic engineer. Your patient, Mr. Williams, is a 42-year-old male who has diabetes. To regulate his blood sugar levels, Mr. Williams must test his blood daily and give himself insulin injections when necessary. Mr. Williams has contacted you to genetically engineer bacteria to produce insulin. To genetically engineer bacteria, the section of DNA that codes for insulin is inserted into the bacterial plasmid. You must work backwards to determine the DNA sequence. Insulin consists of 51 amino acids. A small segment of the protein is provided below. Use the mRNA codon charts underneath to determine the DNA sequence that would code for this segment of insulin. Amino Acid Start Glycine Leucine Valine Glutamic Acid Proline Stop MRNA AUG AVAV UGA DNA ТАС Gv TVTV ACT Second Base P Type here to search a

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