Part I: Basic information

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Part II: Gene regulation by binding of protein transcriptional factors to DNA

1. How do you feel about your understanding of what regulation of lacZ? SelectVery comfortableModerately comfortableSomewhat comfortableNot comfortable

2. How comfortable are you in extrapolating the lessons of this example to regulation in general, beyond this mere bacterium? SelectVery comfortableModerately comfortableSomewhat comfortableNot comfortable

3. Do you understand why palindromic sequences (or direct repeats) are preferred by nature for sites of protein binding to DNA? Choose one Yes No 

4. How comfortable are you with the description of the algorithm Meme and Gibbs Sampler use to pick out conserved binding sites? SelectVery comfortableModerately comfortableSomewhat comfortableNot comfortable

5. Do you have a terminal emulator that enables you to connect to hercules.vcu.edu? (if not, go to the Tera Term home page to download a free copy of one) Choose one Yes No 

6. Would you like to see any of SQ 1-3 covered? Any other comments on this section?

Part III: Li et al (2002)

7. Did you feel comfortable reading this article? No, no one feels comfortable reading strange research articles.

8. Did you manage to extract something useful and satisfying from the article? Choose one Yes No 

9. Did you manage to gain some understanding about the part of the article that you focused on? Choose one Yes No 

10. What in particular would you like to see discussed regarding the article

 

Part IV: Miscellaneous

10. Greg Buck has invited everyone to his house for a get together this weekend, tentatively Saturday afternoon. Does this work out for you? Is it a good idea?

Part V: Miscellaneous

11. Other comments, concerns, questions?