Question

you are in a laboratory attempting to identify a genetic defect responsible for a disease. you believe you have located the gene that results in a faulty protein—but you arent sure!
how could you be sure you have located a section of dna that encodes for a protein?
write down the sequence to see what amino acids might be linked together.
allow the dna to be transcribed to rna and see what protein results.
compare the faulty protein to the dna.
done

Explanation:

DNA is transcribed into RNA, and then RNA is translated into proteins. To confirm a DNA - section encodes a protein, allowing the DNA to be transcribed to RNA and observing the resulting protein is a valid approach. Writing down the sequence to predict amino - acids is not conclusive as it doesn't actually show protein production. Comparing the faulty protein to the DNA directly is not the correct way to determine if the DNA encodes a protein.

Answer:

B. Allow the DNA to be transcribed to RNA and see what protein results.