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what does DNA amplification do? Why?

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it create millions of copies of a specific DNA sequence to increase the amount of DNA

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what are the materials in PCR?

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  • DNA template
  • nucleotides
  • DNAP (Taq polymerase)
  • DNA primers
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what are the 3 steps of the PCR cycle?

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  • Denaturation
  • Annealing
  • Extension
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what is denaturation in the PCR cycle

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temperature is increased to separate DNA strands

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what is the annealing in the PCR cycle

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temperature is decreased to allow primers to base pair to complementary DNA template

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what is the extension in the PCR cycle

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plymerase extends primer to form nascent DNA strand

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describe a primer in the PCR cycle?

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  • a synthetic sequence (artificial)
  • single stranded DNA
  • provides the 3’ OH for polymerization
  • 2 primers used for complementary to each end of the target region of the DNA
  • defines length of target DNA to be replicated
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Why is Taq used in the PCR cycle?

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the temp of the PCR denatures the enzymes meaning they don’t work so something else must be used

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what was done before Taq was used?

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  • 3 water baths at 3 temperatures with a re-addition of DNAP at the beginning of each synthesis step
  • tedious and time consumming as it had to be done manually all day
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describe the thermal cycler

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has a plate that heats and cools in a process that takes 1-2 hours

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what is used for unwinding compare natural DNA replication and PCR replication.

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natural: Ori on DNA template + helicase

PCR: template + heat

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what is used for priming? compare natural DNA replication and PCR replication.

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natural: RNA primer + primase

PCR: DNA primers x2 + annealing

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what is used for elongation? compare natural DNA replication and PCR replication.

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natural: nucleotides + DNAP

PCR: nucleotides + Taq polymerase

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what is used for termination? compare natural DNA replication and PCR replication.

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natural: end of chromosome OR meets another replication bubble

PCR: end of DNA template or a change in temp

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at which cycle do you get the correctly sized target sequence?

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2 round of replication

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what does endonuclease do?

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breaks phosphodiester bonds within a nucleotide chain

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what is a restriction enzyme?

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a biological ‘scissor’

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what is the function of a restriction enzyme

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acts like the immune system of bacteria to protect it against DNA from other organisms

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what does a restriction enzyme do in bacteria?

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recognizes short nucleotide sequences in the foreign DNA - cuts cvalent phosphodiester bonds of both strands of DNA rendering foreign DNA harmless

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restriction site

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sequene recognized and cut by restriction enzyme

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what does palindromic mean in bio?

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same sequence on complementary strand in opposite orientation

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what is a restriction fragment?

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pieces of DNA created by restriction enzymes

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what is a sticky end

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a signle-stranded end of the restriction fragment

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what is a blunt end

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straight ends without any single-stranded regions

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how does naming restriction enzymes work?
1 - first letter of first word in organism name 2 - first two letters of second word in organism name 3 - stran 4 - roman numeral of enzyme in this strain
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recombinant DNA
genes from two different sources (often different species) combined into one molecule - any DNA cut with the same restriction can be ligated together because they have the same sticky ends that are complementary
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plasmid
extisting circular bacterial DNA
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what are the general steps of forming a recombinatant
- restriction enzyme digestion of plasmid and gene of interest - hybridization of matching sticky ends on gene of interest and plasmid - DNA ligase seals gene of interest with plasmid
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genome
an organisms' complete set of DNA
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human genome project
is an international collavorative research effort 1998-2003 to sequence and map all genes in human beings
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why does the CRISPR (Cas 9 system exist)
naturally as the bacteria's immune system to destroy phages by recognizing foreign DNA and making a double stranded cut at that DNA
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how does the CRISPR mechanism work
- CRISPR locus is transcribed and translated to make the CRISPR/CAs9 - CRISPR RNA targets Cas9 to specific complementary region on foreign DNA - Cas9 makes a double stranded break at that location
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what is the CRISPR/Cas9 structure?
ribonucleoprotein complex with CRISPR RNA and Cas9 endonuclease
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what are the two main parts of the CRISPR locus
repeats and spacers
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what does CRISPR stand for?
clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
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what are the characteristic of a CRISPR locus
- regularly spaced - short sequence - identical - palindromic
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what are the two main steps in CRISPR/Cas9 mechanism
A. Immunization B. Adaptive/Acquired Immune Response
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what are the steps in the CRISPR/Cas9 mechanism
A. Immunization 1. acquire foreign DNA 2. Transcribe into RNA 3. process (Cut) RNA 4. incorporate into Cas9 protein B. adaptive/acquired immune response 1. Targeting by cRNA 2. Interferene/Inactivation
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What is the 1st step of the CRISPR/Cas9 mechanism
acquiring foreign DNA
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describe acquiring foreign DNA
- bacteria would get infected by viruses - sometimes bacteria survive infection and takes the viral DNA placing it within the CRISPR locus (spacer) - is followed by a new repeated sequence
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what is a repeat?
palindromic sequence same sequence repeated between each spacer
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What is the 2nd step of the CRISPR/Cas9 mechanism
transcribe to RNA
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What is transcription to RNA in CRISPR
the CRISPR locus transcribed into RNA called pre-cRNA, which causes palindromic nature of the repeat forms hairpin loops
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what is the third step of the CRISPR/Cas9 mechanism?
Processing (cutting) RNA
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Describe the processing of RNA
pre-cRNA cut into pieces forming crRNA with each one containing one spacer
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what is the fourth step of the CRISPR/Cas9 mechanism? Describe it
incorporating into Cas9 protein - the crRNA is placed into Cas9 protein
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How does Adaptive/Acwuired Immunity work?
if the virus tries to infect the cell again, the crRNA/Cas9 already exists SOOOO: - the crRNA binds to the complmentary viral DNA - causes a confirmational change in Cas9 activating it's endonuclease acitivity - Cas9 makes a double stranded blunt end that breaks and destroys the viral DNA
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What is the 'power' of CRISPR /Cas9
you can manipulate the crRNA sequence to target whatever you want to be cut by Cas9
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what is gRNA? what does it do?
guide RNA - replaces the crRNA with an RNA sequence of choice that is complementary to a desired DNA region or gene of interest - it will direct the Cas9 complex to the target site
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what is PAM? what does it do?
protospare Adjacent Motif a sequence where N is any base - Cas9 recognizes and binds to any PAm and unwindes that region of DNA
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how does the Cas9 Endonuclease work?
if the exposed signle stranded DNA region unqound by Cas9 is complementary to the gRNA they will base pair with causes a conformational change in Cas9 activating its endonuclease activity, which results in a double stranded break at a site upstream of PAM
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how does CRISPR/gRNA apply to gene editing?
gRNA sequence can be used, then any DNA region can be targeted and cut by Cas9, making gene editing more precise and less time-consuming
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what are the two main repair mechanisms?
HDR: homology directed repair NHEJ: non-homologous end joining
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what is gene editing - repair by insertion
placement of a new DNA sequence at the targeted region
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describe homology directed repair
cell with cut DNA is subjected to a large dose of the donor template DNA and natural DNA-repair mechanisms of the cell will insert the desired genetic material
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what does the donor DNA sequence consist of?
- desired sequence - DNA homologous to the blunt ends of the cut DNA flanking the desired sequence
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what is the power of Power of CRISPR & HDR
you can insert any DNA sequence you want at any specific location
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describe NHEJ
double-stranded breaks are ligated back together without the need for a homologous DNA template, which can result in missing bases
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what is the Power of CRISPR and NHEJ
due to the error prone nature of NHEJ, you can target any gene and inactivate it
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what is gel electrophoresis?
size separation of nucleic acids by moving them through a gel medium using electric current
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how is the gel in gel electrophoresis made?
- liquid solution of gel medium is poured into a mold and allowed to set and solidify - a cone is placed at one end of the gel, when removed it creates the wells where DNA is loaded
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describe the liquid buffer in the gel
- contains ions to allow for flow of electricity - prevents the gel from overheating and dryingout
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what are the two gel mediums?
agarose and polyacrylamide
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describe agarose
- seaweed extract - lower resolution resolving power and - separation of nucleic acid
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describe polyacrylamide
- artificial polymer - higher resolution resolving power - nucleic acid and protein separation abilities
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resolving power
the more precisely closely sized DNA fragments can be distinguished
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describe the movement of DNA within the gel
DNA is negatively charged due to the phosphates so it will move toward the positive electrode SHORT: - moves through gel easily and travels further LONG: - moves through gel slower and not as far as the size makes it get caught int he web of polymers
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what are the components of the loading dye
glycerol and coloured dyes
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what is the purpose of glycerol in the loading dye?
- adds density to DNa sample - so makes it sink down to the bottom of the well when placed int he gel - DNA isn't as easily lost in the buffer or spilled
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what is the purpose of coloured dyes?
- used for tracking distance travelled on the gel by DNA since DNa is invisble - indicates when it is time to turn off the gel electrophoresis
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what is ethidium bromide? Describe it.
- a chemical that binds to the DNA - makes DNA visible - not good for the body - carcinogenic - glows under UV light
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Describe SYBR Safe
not carcinogenic and glows green
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