www.baylor.edu. Baylor University (BU) is a private Baptist university in Waco, Texas. Chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas, it is the oldest continuously-operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States.
The LCT gene provides instructions for making an enzyme called lactase. This enzyme helps to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and other dairy products. Lactase is produced by cells that line the walls of the small intestine.olecular Location on chromosome 2: base pairs 135,787,844 to 135,837,179. The LCT gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 2 at position 21. More precisely, the LCT gene is located from base pair 135,787,844 to base pair 135,837,179 on chromosome 2.
The TAS2R38 gene has been contributed to the ability to distinguish a bitter taste. This is also the gene for the PTC taste receptor. My check cell DNA was amplified and analyzed to see if there was a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) in the TAS2R38 gene.CR is a simple and inexpensive tool that is used to amplify a very small amount of DNA. The exponential powers of PCR allow it to produce a very large amount of product that can be analyzed. A sample of my own DNA (cheek cells via saline mouthwash) was used to analyze what type of SNP I have on the TAS2R38 gene.