I. You are part of the crack microbiology analysis team for NASA and have been assigned to characterize an alien microorganism retrieved from the Mars Land Rover. Determine if this organism has similar cellular structure to bacteria from earth. Explain some specific things you want to test to see if the cell organization is similar to/different from an earth prokaryotic cell. Include some techniques that you could use. Explain at least 3 things you could test to compare the alien and earth cells 2. You are working with Arabidopsis and your goal is to determine the function of Gene X which you have just sequenced. Explain at least three things you would like to test on the gene or its product (Protein X) in order to determine the function of Gene X in the Explain some techniques you would use to complete these experiments plant. 3. You are working with a mouse model of muscular dystrophy. You have control mice and mice with the disease in your laboratory. Consider what you would want to test in the mouse and cell cultures of muscle cells to try and figure out what is causing the muscle pathology. Be sure to look up muscular dystrophy to understand the basics of this disease. Use appropriate internet sources (Mayo clinic, *.gov You have a cell culture of liver tumor cells for your model system. You have 3 membrane proteins (Protein A, B and C) which differ in their ability to diffuse laterally in the membrane of the cells. Explain the techniques you could use and all the things you would need to test the lateral migration of Proteins A, B and C. Assume that you have isolated samples of each protein to use for your experiments. Draw a sample graph of the results you got and be able to explain the results for each protein. 4.