Friday, September 19, 2014

Gene Overview - DNAStar!

Week 3 - Gene Overview      
For each information point below, use the recommended resource to identify the answer.  For the DNASTAR questions, be sure to use the full gene sequence.
Result for FBN1 Resource
1 Ref Seq ID (with version) NCBI Reference Sequence: NM_000138.4 RefSeq
2 GI ID GI:281485549 RefSeq
3 Chromosome position - Chromosom, arm, band Chr 15 (q21.1) UCSC
4 Gene 5' to your gene DUT UCSC
5 Gene 3' to your gene CEP152 UCSC
6 One alternate gene name or symbol AB208840 (UCSC)
SGS (RefSeq)
RefSeq or UCSC
7 G+C ratio 46.77 [5470] DNASTAR - SeqBuilder
8 How many EcoRV cutting sites? 5 DNASTAR - SeqBuilder
9 Identify at least one unique cutting enzyme.  If there are none, indicate "none" Fail DNASTAR - SeqBuilder
10 Melting temperature 84.04 DNASTAR - EditSeq

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Pet gene: FBN1. 
OMIM ID *134797
http://www.omim.org/entry/134797?search=FBN1&highlight=fbn1

Condition: Marfan Syndrome
OMIM ID #154700
http://www.omim.org/entry/154700?search=marfan%20syndrome&highlight=marfan%20syndrome%20syndromic