Vocabulary

Question 1

Constitutive promoter

Answer 1

A promoter that is always on

Question 2

Inducible promoter

Answer 2

A promoter that is turned on by the binding of regulators.

Question 3

TALENS

Answer 3

Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases

Question 4

MAGE

Answer 4

Multiplexed Automated Genome Engineering

Question 5

Amensalism

Answer 5

When one species is being inhibited or destroyed by another species, which is unaffected by the original

Question 6

Commensalism

Answer 6

When one species is benefiting from another species, which is unaffected by the original

Question 7

Cross feeding

Answer 7

When a species releases releases something that another species takes up

Question 8

Auxotrophy

Answer 8

When one species provides an important nutrient that another species is an auxotroph of

Question 9

Syntrophy

Answer 9

When a species releases something harmful that harms itself and another species takes it up

Question 10

Perfect Adaptation

Answer 10

When although the output exhibits a transient response to the input, the steady state response is independent of S.