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Title: In cloning a gene, you discover that the gene product is much longer than should
Post by: colleen on Dec 19, 2011
In cloning a gene, you discover that the gene product is much longer than should be observed based upon the insert you successfully cloned. What problems would result in a longer cloned sequence? How will you go about investigating your hypothesis? Would your answer change based upon the presence or absence of introns? Why or why not? 


Title: Re: In cloning a gene, you discover that the gene product is much longer than should
Post by: lewis on Dec 30, 2011
If introns have not been removed, the protein will be longer. Also, in the process of cloning, the stop codon has been removed, so the protein will be longer.