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The assumption that this ratio is consistent often fails due in part to the variable activity of two degradation pathways that occur before and after the action of eIFs. For 10 points each:
[10h] Describe this ratio whose variability can be controlled for by comparing real-time cDNA readouts to those of a quantitative Western blot.
ANSWER: transcription to translation ratio [accept ratio of mRNA to protein; accept translation to transcription or protein to mRNA]
[10e] The correlation between mRNA and protein production often breaks down at these organelles, whose binding sites are encoded by mRNAs in the five-prime untranslated region. These organelles perform translation.
ANSWER: ribosomes
[10m] A variant of qPCR that uses this enzyme is a cheap and transcript-specific way to quantify mRNA levels without resorting to an RNA sequencing or Northern blot run. Variants of PCR that use this enzyme generate cDNA.
ANSWER: reverse transcriptase [accept RT]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaLSE0101020EM
Cornell ATexas0101020EM
FloridaNYU010010E
IndianaIllinois A0101020EM
MITToronto C0101020EM
North Carolina AColumbia A0101020EM
Penn StateWUSTL B010010E
RutgersChicago A0101020EM
StanfordToronto A0101020EM
Toronto BHarvard0101020EM
UC Berkeley AWaterloo A10101030HEM
UC Berkeley BArizona State0101020EM
UCFCornell B0101020EM
Virginia TechIowa State0101020EM
WUSTL ANorthwestern0101020EM
YaleGeorgia State0101020EM

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2025 ACF NationalsYes1619.38100%88%6%