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Bio Ch 12 Flashcards

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Pyrimidine

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thymine & cytosine (single ring)

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Purine-based nucleotides

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adenine & guanine (double ring)

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Double helix

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double spiral; describes the 3D shape of DNA

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Complementary base pairing

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a purine (large, 2-ring base) is always bonded to a pyrimidine (smaller, one-ring base)

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DNA Replication

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process of copying a DNA molecule

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Template

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most often a mold used to produce a shape complementary to itself

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Semiconservative replication

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each daughter DNA double helix contains an old strand from the parental DNA double helix and a new strand

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DNA Polymerase

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during replication, an enzyme that joins the nucleotides complementary to a DNA template

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telomeres

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special nucleotide sequence that does not code for proteins; use a repeat sequence such as TTAGGG

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Replication fork

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in eukaryotic DNA replication, the location where the 2 parental DNA strands separate

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Uracil

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in RNA, this base replaces the thymine found in DNA

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Messenger RNA (mRNA)

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takes a message from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm

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Transfer RNA (tRNA)

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transfers amino acids to the ribosomes

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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

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along with ribosomal proteins, makes up the ribosomes, where polypeptides are synthesized

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Transcription

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process by which an RNA molecule is produced based on a DNA template; DNA is copied, base by base, into mRNA, tRNA, & rRNA

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Translation

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mRNA transcript is read by a ribosome and converted into the sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide

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Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

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Flow of info from DNA to RNA to protein to trait

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Genetic Code

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universal code that has existed for eons and allows for conversion of DNA and RNA’s chemical code to a sequence of amino acids in a protein; each codon consists of three bases that stand for one of the 20 amino acids found in proteins or directs the termination of translation

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Triplet code

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each coding unit (codon) would need to be made up of 3 nucleotides

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Codon

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3-base sequence in messenger RNA that during translation directs the addition of a particular amino acid into a protein or directs termination of the process

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RNA Polymerase

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joins nucleotide strands together in the 5’ to 3’ direction

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Promoter

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defines the start of transcription, the direction of transcription, & the strand to be transcribed

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mRNA transcript

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mRNA molecule formed during transcription that has a sequence of bases complementary to a gene

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Exons

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protein-coding regions

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introns

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non-protein coding regions

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Ribozyme

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enzyme made of RNA rather than just protein used to cut and remove introns

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Anticodon

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group of 3 bases that is complementary and antiparallel to a specific mRNA codon

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Wobble Hypothesis

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1966, Francis Crick: 1st 2 positions in a tRNA anticodon pair obey he A-U/G-C configuration rule; 3rd position can be variable; helps ensure that despite changes in DNA base sequences, the resulting sequence of amino acids will produce a correct protein (1 of reasons genetic code is said to be degenerate)

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Polyribosome

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entire complex of mRNA and multiple ribosomes is called this; greatly increases the efficiency of translation

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Initiation

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step that brings all the translation components together

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Elongation

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stage during protein synthesis when a polypeptide increases in length one amino acid at a time

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Translocation

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ribosome moves forward, peptide-bearing tRNA is now in the P site of the ribosome

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Termination

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final step in protein synthesis

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Proteomics

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field of biology dedicated to understanding the structure of proteins and how they function in metabolic pathways

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Histones

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group of proteins involve in forming the nucleosome strucure of eukaryotic chromatin

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Nucleosome

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in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a unit composed of DNA wound around a core of 8 histone proteins, giving the appearance of a string of beads

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Euchromatin

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active chromatin containing genes that are being transcribed

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Heterochromatin

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highly compacted chromatin that is not accessible for transcription

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