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Kossel discovered?

DNA contains four nitrogenous bases

Chargaff discovered?

A=T G=C

Mieshcer discovered from pus?

Nuclein is acidic

Griffith, Avery et al discovered?

DNA is transforming in bacteria

Hershey and Chase discovered?

DNA is transforming in viruses

Watson and Crick discovered?

DNA Structure

Kerry Mullis discovered?

PCR

Originally what was favored as the molecule for "transforming molecule"? Why?

Protein, more complex, variety of sizes variety of charges

What were the 2 classic experiments that indicate which is the "transforming molecule"?

Giffith, Avery, Macleod and McCarty exp


Hershey-Chase exp

Whose experiment? What did it show?

Whose experiment? What did it show?

Griffith, it showed transformation in bacteria

Whose experiment? What did it show?

Whose experiment? What did it show?

Avery, Macleod, and McCarty, is revealed the nature of the transforming principle (DNA)

Phage attaches to bacteria and injects its chromsome



bacterial chromosome breaks down and the phage chromosome replicates



expression of phage genes produces phage structural components



progeny phage particles assemble



bacterial wall lyses

Whose experiment? What did it show?

Whose experiment? What did it show?

Hershey and Chase, showed that DNA is the transforming factor in virus

What are the four nucleotides?

Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine (Uracil = RNA)

What are the purines?

Double Ring nitrogenous bases, Adenine and Guanine

What are the pyrimidines?

Single ring nitrogenous bases, cytosine and thymine (uracil = RNA)

Photo 51 was?

Famous Xray crystallography picture from Rosalind Franklin

Pyrimidines are ______ ring nitrogenous bases.

single

Purines are -------- ring nitrogenous bases.

double

What is Chargaff's rule?

A=T G=C

Rosalind Franklin's famous photo 51 showed what?

A helical repeating structure

What is the biological form? What signifies the Z-form?

What is the biological form? What signifies the Z-form?

A-form, B-form, Z-form
B-form, left handed helix

A-form, B-form, Z-form


B-form, left handed helix



What kind of sugar is with DNA?

What is this? Number the ring?

What is this? Number the ring?

The phosphate is connect to the __' carbon in deoxyribose?

5 and 3'

5 and 3'

The nitrogenous base is connected to the __' carbon on deoxyribose?

1'

1'

DNA is only replicated in what direction?

5' to 3'

DNA nucleotides with 3 hydrogen bonds?

G-C

DNA nucleotides with 2 hydrogen bonds?

A-T

The strands in DNA run in opposite directions; this is called?

antiparallel

Draw adenine?

Draw guanine?

Draw cytosine?

Draw thymine?

Draw uracil?

How does the phosphate hold the DNA chain together?

Histones attach to DNA by ___________ binding?

non-specific

Transcription Factors (Tf) attach to DNA by ___________ binding?

specific

What are the 2 grooves in DNA?

Major, Minor

The major groove in DNA allows for?

Transcription factors (Tf) to come in and bind.

What is the general consensus when talking about how many base pairs in organisms?

prokaryote = millions eukaryote = billions

What is the C-value, and what is the C-value paradox?

Mycoplasma genitalium

bacteria, smallest

both strands, overlap

In general humans differ in _________ of DNA not in their __________ available.

expression, genes

What is arabidopsis thaliana?

one of the first plants sequenced

B-DNA has _____ bases per turn?

10

A-DNA has --- bases per turn?

12

What is cDNA?

actual coding dna with the introns removed

Identifying factor of Z-DNA

left twistg

Antisense rna?

single strands that bind to DS DNA and prevents transcription, also binds to complimentary single strand RNA

Antisense treatement?

Formivisen injected into the eye and binds to the cytalomegavirus

Tm is?

The melting point for DNA. The temperature at which half the base pairs are denatured and half remain intact

What is denaturation?

Heating DNA until it becomes single stranded

The Tm is directly proportional to the _-_ content? Why?

G-C, three hydrogen bonds

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

What is the Tm for the SRY gene?

89.1 C

The human genome is ______ billion base pairs?

2.9

_____% of the human genome codes for proteins?

1-3

_____% of the human genome is non-coding DNA.

97

Non coding dna used to be called?

"junk dna"

What are the three identifiable factors in a jumping gene? other names?

Transposons, Movable Elements

Transposons, Movable Elements

Who won the Nobel for discovering Transposons in corn?

Barbara McClintock

What is the purpose for transposase in jumping genes?

copies and moves DNA, precursor to Reverse Transcriptase

What is an LTR retrostranposon?

Non-LTR retrotransposons consist of?

LINE's and SINE's

LINES encode a __________ _________ in the middle?

Reverse Transcriptase

LINE's are ____% of Genome?

14.6

Most common SINE?

Alu

Alu is a ________gene? and has _______ bases? and has __ million copies per genome?

pseudo, 180-280, 1million, 10% of human genome

Alu is cut by the restriction endonuclease ___? from what bacteria?

Alu, Aluther bacter

What is Reverse Transcriptase?

What are Herv's?