6.5 and 6.6 Flashcards
Recombination prefers homologous because
no loss of nucleotides at repair site
Homologous Recombination used in
Meiosis and DNA Damage Response
Homologous Recombination specific for
Double Stranded Breaks (DSB).
Homologous Recombination exchanges
similar/identical genetic information across two separate strands of DNA
Meselson-Weigle Experiment
Bacteria (Lambda) was grown/maintained in
“Light” medium
Lambda was chosen bc
Half DNA by weight so density of the whole virus reflects the density of its DNA
Meselson-Weigle proved
crossing over also involves breakage and reunion of DNA molecule
Yeast as a Model Organism
*Cheap
*Abundant
*Fast to grow
*Eukaryotic
*Easy to Genetically Manipulate
*Can be studied as Haploid or Diploid
–Yeast can undergo Meiosis
Yeast
has help in the understanding of recombination
Spo11
protein that makes a double strand break on on of the chromatids by cleaving the phosphodiester bond
Exonuclease
enzyme that removes nucleotides from an end of a DNA molecule
Dmc1
takes 3’ tail and promotes invasion into homologous chromatid – forms heteroduplex
Heteroduplex
region of double stranded DNA in which two strands have nonidentical sequences
Formed during crossing-over
Held by hydrogen bonds
D-loop
Structure where the two strands of a double stranded DNA molecule are separated for a stretch and held apart by a third strand of DNA
D-loop stabilized by
binding of replication protein A (RPA)
Spo11 is highly
conserved
D-Loop connects with other 3’ tail to form
2nd heteroduplex
Holliday junctions
interlocked regions of two sister chromatids in recombination intermediates