CHE 450 Lab #7 Assignment:

Part I: Read Article A online and review ig!re "# Discuss it within your group and the whole class, then answer questions 1-6: 1. What is a microRN precursor!" #. What does dicer do" $. %n what two ways do microRN s wor& to attenuate gene e'pression" (. What is the relationship )etween bantam and hid" *. What happens when bantam is o+ere'pressed" 6. What does ,igure - represent" Part II: In gro!$s o %&' st!dents( read and disc!ss an article )article C( * or E( as assigned b+ +o!r instr!ctor,# Directly, you .ust need to ,ocus on the a)stract o, your paper, )ut loo&ing up other parts o, the ,ull article or other sources online will help you understand and e'plain it. /repare to spend *-10 minutes descri)ing your article to the rest o, the class, considering questions 1-1# )elow. ,ter all articles ha+e )een presented, we will discuss the ,ollowing as a whole class: )rie,ly descri)e two similarities )etween articles D 2 3 )rie,ly descri)e the most important di,,erences )etween articles D 2 3 4or your la) write-up, list the names o, mem)ers o, your group and which article you discussed. 5hoose a different article 6,rom 5, D or 37 and hand in typed answers to q. 1-1# ,or that article 8as well as your typed answers to q.1-6 a)o+e.9 o 3ach student will hand in his:her own indi+idual la) report. 1. ;ist ,i+e un,amiliar terms in the a)stract. ;oo& up and )rie,ly e'plain each o, them. re there any un,amiliar terms that can )asically )e s&ipped o+er without understanding them" %, so, list two. <. What &ind o, cells:organism were used" in:e' +itro:+i+o" =. What is the main disco+ery shown in this article" 10. What &ey )iochemistry course concepts are illustrated )y this article" >ow" 11. What is the ma.or possi)le e+entual application o, this research" 1#. What is the ne't ma.or hurdle that this research would need to o+ercome to achie+e that goal"

CHE 450

microRNA, Lab discussion #7