Question: 1. You are a molecular biologist employed with Star Labs and you are
responsible for leading the team to develop a vaccine for the novel
RNA coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. You know that the receptor binding
domain (RBD) of the spike protein is the part of the virus which B and T
cells of the immune system recognizes to mount the immune response.
Your colleague at a collaborating lab sends you a clone in ImL of LB
broth in an Eppendorf tube containing the gene for the RBD.
a) Briefly describe what is in the tube your colleague sent you,
(3 marks, max
40
words)
b) You wish to synthesize the RBD mRNA and protein fobjectives) with the
clone your colleague sent you. What type of vector would you use to
achieve this?
(1 mark,
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