Lecture 20

Which is not an accurate description of bioinformatics?

• Has limited practical applications

• Utilizing statistics and math techniques

• Biology in terms of molecules

• Large-scale

BLAST, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequences information, and it gets information from what?

• Private information from companies

• Internet

• Curated Databases

• Free open source where anyone can post

[_________________] is the study of all mRNAs of an organism.

What is sickle cell disease?

• Affects red blood cells

• Has better blood flow

• Is not inherited

• Affects chaperon proteins

What is the job of hemoglobin?

• transports oxygen and carbon dioxide

• transports oxygen

• contains iron compounds

• converts oxygen to carbon dioxide