The astronaut Scott Kelly just returned to Earth after

Last updated: 5/10/2023

The astronaut Scott Kelly just returned to Earth after spending one year on the International Space Station NASA scientists wanted to know how life in space affects gene expression They therefore purified RNA from Scott Kelly s cells and compared the levels with those of his twin brother Mark who remained on Earth during the mission In order to determine which genes were misexpressed they would perform in order to convert the RNA to cDNA for sequencing In order to determine the amino acid sequences of any proteins encoded by any mRNAs in their mixture they would have to perform O Reverse transcription Blast Reverse transcription Conceptual translation OBlast Reverse transcription Conceptual translation Blast