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| rapid and economically way of determining whether a substance is mutagen |
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| What is the idea of the ames test based on? |
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| That most carinogen are mutagens and not all carcinogen are cancer causing agent. |
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| chemical substances that cause "induced mutations |
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| If a substance is a mutagen then what is the next step? |
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| more tests are required to see if it is a carcinogen |
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| a bacterium that can make all amino acid on its own (can grow on minimal media) |
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| a bacterium cannot synthesize their amino acid (grow on complete media) |
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| what type of bacteria did we use on the ames test? |
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| how many mutations does S. typhimurium have? |
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| what are the three mutations for S. typhimurium? |
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| cannot synthesize complete cell wall |
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| all carcinogens compounds are mutagenic but not all mutagens are carcinogens |
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| how do we know if something is mutagenic? |
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| must see if the substance we brought will increse the rate of reversion or back mutation |
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| what will the chemical do to S. typhimurium? |
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THe chemical will permeat thru the cell wall of S. typhimurium
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| what was the negative control used? |
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| what type of media did we use? |
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