3/25/19

Rational:

To come up with several different ideas for a research question that can be used for the group poster.

Procedure:

• Found parts of NapoleonB that were interesting (such as proteins, genes, or any other part of the genome)
• Came up with a few questions relating to these interests
• These interests included the holin gene whch was not found n many other phage in the cluster, gene 2 with defies the guiding principles for genes, and the reasoning behind the many tail proteins found in the genome
• Ordered the questions in order to the best to worst

Observations:

• The first and top question was about the holin gene’s structure and mechanism and comparing it to other Arthrobacter phage
• The second queston was looking at whether gene two was an actual gene or not
• The third was looking at whether there are other phage that have a reverse gene that also seems to break the guiding principles
• The last was about the many tail proteins in NapoleonB and comparing it to other Arthrobacter phage

Conclusion:

Our group came up with four possible research questions and the question about the holin gene in NapoleonB’s genome was our group’s first choice. Next lab we will start to figure out how we are going to research this question or whatever question we choose.