In lab, we used agarose gel electrophoresis to analyze what type of macromolecules?
Nucleic acids
Proteins
Both nucleic acids and proteins
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Radioactive probes attach to the complimentary base during the process of gel electrophoresis. For instance a C would attach to a G and a T would attach to an A (nucleic acids).
In this type of gel electrophoresis, the gel is positioned vertically (rather than horizontally) in the electrophoresis apparatus.
Agarose gel electrophoresis
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
Both agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
1. What is the primary source of carbohydrates for humans?
2. Name one type of food that you eat that contain significantamount of carbohydrates.
3. What are the subunits that nucleic acids are made of? Brieflyexplain the difference between DNA and RNA.
4. How is the chemical composition of lipids different than thethree other macromolecules? Name one reason why we need fat in ourdiet.
5. Briefly describe three different roles of proteins in yourbody and name one type of food that you eat that has high proteincontent.