DNA & RNA Structure Flashcards

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He studied Streptococcus pneumoniae and found that R-type transformed into S-type

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Frederick Griffith

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The process observed by Griffith wherein R-type became S-type

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Transformation

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The unidentified substance causing transformation

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Transforming Principle

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They (3) realized that Griffith’s observations could be used as part of an experimental strategy to identify the genetic material

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  • Oswald Avery
  • Colin Macleod
  • Maclyn McCarty
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A second set of experimental results indicating that DNA is the genetic material came from […] and […]

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  • Alfred Hershey
  • Martha Chase
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[…] and […] are used to label phage proteins and DNA respectively

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  • 35S
  • 32P
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He discovered DNA in 1869

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Friedrich Miescher

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The 2 purine bases

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  • Adenine
  • Guanine
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The 3 pyrimidine bases

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  • Thymine
  • Cytosine
  • Uracil
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He proposed that regions of proteins can fold into a particular type of secondary structure

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Linus Pauling

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He pioneered many of the biochemical techniques for the isolation, purification, and measurement of nucleic acids from living cells

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Erwin Chargaff

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What is Chargaff’s Rule?

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A + G = T + C

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