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Kossel discovered? |
DNA contains four nitrogenous bases |
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Chargaff discovered? |
A=T G=C |
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Mieshcer discovered from pus? |
Nuclein is acidic |
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Griffith, Avery et al discovered? |
DNA is transforming in bacteria |
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Hershey and Chase discovered? |
DNA is transforming in viruses |
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Watson and Crick discovered? |
DNA Structure |
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Kerry Mullis discovered? |
PCR |
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Originally what was favored as the molecule for "transforming molecule"? Why? |
Protein, more complex, variety of sizes variety of charges |
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What were the 2 classic experiments that indicate which is the "transforming molecule"? |
Giffith, Avery, Macleod and McCarty exp Hershey-Chase exp |
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Whose experiment? What did it show? |
Griffith, it showed transformation in bacteria |
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Whose experiment? What did it show? |
Avery, Macleod, and McCarty, is revealed the nature of the transforming principle (DNA) |
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Phage attaches to bacteria and injects its chromsome |
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bacterial chromosome breaks down and the phage chromosome replicates |
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expression of phage genes produces phage structural components |
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progeny phage particles assemble |
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bacterial wall lyses |
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Whose experiment? What did it show? |
Hershey and Chase, showed that DNA is the transforming factor in virus |
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What are the four nucleotides? |
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine (Uracil = RNA) |
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What are the purines? |
Double Ring nitrogenous bases, Adenine and Guanine |
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What are the pyrimidines? |
Single ring nitrogenous bases, cytosine and thymine (uracil = RNA) |
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Photo 51 was? |
Famous Xray crystallography picture from Rosalind Franklin |
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Pyrimidines are ______ ring nitrogenous bases. |
single |
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Purines are -------- ring nitrogenous bases. |
double |
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What is Chargaff's rule? |
A=T G=C |
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Rosalind Franklin's famous photo 51 showed what? |
A helical repeating structure |
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What is the biological form? What signifies the Z-form? |
A-form, B-form, Z-form B-form, left handed helix |
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What kind of sugar is with DNA? |
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What is this? Number the ring? |
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The phosphate is connect to the __' carbon in deoxyribose? |
5 and 3' |
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The nitrogenous base is connected to the __' carbon on deoxyribose? |
1' |
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DNA is only replicated in what direction? |
5' to 3' |
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DNA nucleotides with 3 hydrogen bonds? |
G-C |
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DNA nucleotides with 2 hydrogen bonds? |
A-T |
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The strands in DNA run in opposite directions; this is called? |
antiparallel |
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Draw adenine? |
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Draw guanine? |
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Draw cytosine? |
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Draw thymine? |
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Draw uracil? |
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How does the phosphate hold the DNA chain together? |
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Histones attach to DNA by ___________ binding? |
non-specific |
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Transcription Factors (Tf) attach to DNA by ___________ binding? |
specific |
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What are the 2 grooves in DNA? |
Major, Minor |
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The major groove in DNA allows for? |
Transcription factors (Tf) to come in and bind. |
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What is the general consensus when talking about how many base pairs in organisms? |
prokaryote = millions eukaryote = billions |
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What is the C-value, and what is the C-value paradox? |
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Mycoplasma genitalium |
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bacteria, smallest |
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both strands, overlap |
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In general humans differ in _________ of DNA not in their __________ available. |
expression, genes |
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What is arabidopsis thaliana? |
one of the first plants sequenced |
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B-DNA has _____ bases per turn? |
10 |
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A-DNA has --- bases per turn? |
12 |
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What is cDNA? |
actual coding dna with the introns removed |
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Identifying factor of Z-DNA |
left twistg |
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Antisense rna? |
single strands that bind to DS DNA and prevents transcription, also binds to complimentary single strand RNA |
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Antisense treatement? |
Formivisen injected into the eye and binds to the cytalomegavirus |
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Tm is? |
The melting point for DNA. The temperature at which half the base pairs are denatured and half remain intact |
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What is denaturation? |
Heating DNA until it becomes single stranded |
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The Tm is directly proportional to the _-_ content? Why? |
G-C, three hydrogen bonds |
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Finding the Tm is a great way to check PCR products? WHy? |
If their is more than one Tm than you know there is more than one amplicon and it is contaminated |
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What is the Tm for the SRY gene? |
89.1 C |
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The human genome is ______ billion base pairs? |
2.9 |
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_____% of the human genome codes for proteins? |
1-3 |
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_____% of the human genome is non-coding DNA. |
97 |
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Non coding dna used to be called? |
"junk dna" |
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What are the three identifiable factors in a jumping gene? other names? |
Transposons, Movable Elements |
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Who won the Nobel for discovering Transposons in corn? |
Barbara McClintock |
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What is the purpose for transposase in jumping genes? |
copies and moves DNA, precursor to Reverse Transcriptase |
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What is an LTR retrostranposon? |
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Non-LTR retrotransposons consist of? |
LINE's and SINE's |
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LINES encode a __________ _________ in the middle? |
Reverse Transcriptase |
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LINE's are ____% of Genome? |
14.6 |
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Most common SINE? |
Alu |
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Alu is a ________gene? and has _______ bases? and has __ million copies per genome? |
pseudo, 180-280, 1million, 10% of human genome |
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Alu is cut by the restriction endonuclease ___? from what bacteria? |
Alu, Aluther bacter |
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What is Reverse Transcriptase? |
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What are Herv's? |
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