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Ch. 12 Flashcards

0
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When does DNA replicate?

A

S phase

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DNA replication

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When the DNA in the chromosomes is copied

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What direction do the phosphate/sugar backbones go?

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Anti-parallel, p=5 s=3

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How are hydrogen bonds broken?

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Enzymes

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Why does the replication go in a different direction than the original strand?

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The new strand starts at 5’, but it is a the 3’ of the old strand

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Leading strand

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Strand that DNA is copied on (natural flow)

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Lagging strand

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Unnatural flow of DNA that has to be copied in fragments

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7
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What are the lagging fragments called?

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Okazaki fragments

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8
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DNA polymerase

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Attaches the new nucleotides to its complementary base by hydrogen bonds

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9
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What contains the info in DNA?

A

The sequence of nucleotides

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10
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How is the information put to work?

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Through the production of proteins

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11
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What controls all the chemical reactions of an organism?

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Enzymes

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12
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What controls us?

A

DNA

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13
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What do amino acids create?

A

Proteins

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14
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Proteins

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Long polymers

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15
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Polymers

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Chains composed of amino acids

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16
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What determines the shape of proteins?

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The order of the amino acids

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17
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What determines the action of the proteins?

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The shape of the proteins

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18
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What is the sequence of DNA?

A

DNA, RNA, protein

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19
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What is RNA?

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Nucleic acid

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20
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How does RNA differ from DNA?

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  1. Different sugars
  2. Single stranded
  3. Contains uracil
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21
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What kind of sugar does DNA have?

A

Deoxyribose

ATGC

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22
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What contains the instructions for making proteins?

A

DNA

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23
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Is DNA allowed to leave the nucleus?

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NO

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24
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How many proteins do ribosomes make at a time?

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One

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25
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How do we get specific directions to the ribosomes outside the nucleus?

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mRNA

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26
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What does mRNA take from DNA?

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Instructions on how the protein should be assembled

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27
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When can the ribosomes assemble the protein?

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When the ribosome has the mRNA instructions

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28
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What are the three types of RNA?

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  1. mRNA
  2. rRNA
  3. tRNA
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mRNA

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Brings instructions from the DNA in the nucleus to the cytoplasm

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rRNA

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Binds to the mRNA and uses the instructions to assemble the amino acids in the correct order (does the work)

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tRNA

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Delivers amino acids to the ribosome to be assembled into a protein (the supplier)

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Transcription

A

When enzymes make an RNA copy of a portion of a DNA strand

33
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What is the difference between transcription and DNA replication?

A

Transcription=one strand RNA molecule

DNA molecule=double stranded

34
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Introns

A

Long non coding nucleotide sequences

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Exons

A

Regions that contain info

36
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When mRNA is transcribed what happens to the introns/exons?

A

They are copied

37
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What must happen to the introns before it can function to make a protein?

A

They must be removed

38
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What are proteins?

A

Chain of amino acids

39
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Codon

A

Group of 3 nitrogenous bases

40
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How many different combinations of codons are there?

41
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Translation

A

The process of converting the information in a sequence of nitrogenous bases in mRNA into amino acids

42
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Where does translation take place?

43
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During translation what do ribosomes attach to?

44
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How are proteins built?

A

The amino acids must be brought to the proteins

45
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What does tRNA molecules attach to?

A

One type of amino acids

46
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What is the first codon in mRNA?

47
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What does AUG do?

A

Signals the start of protein synthesis

48
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After bonding the first tRNA what does the ribosome do?

A

Slides to the next codon

49
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Peptide bond

A

Holds the amino acids together

50
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When is the ribosomes job done?

A

When it reaches the stop codon

51
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What are the chains called that will become proteins?

A

Polypeptide

52
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Mutations

A

Changes in the DNA sequence that affect genetic information

53
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Gene mutations

A

Affect a single gene

54
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What are the two types of gene mutations?

A
  1. Gene mutations

2. Chromosomal mutations

55
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Chromosomal mutation

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Affect a whole chromosome

56
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What are gene mutations usually called?

A

Point mutations

57
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What do point mutations consist of?

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  1. Substitution
  2. Insertions/additions
  3. Deletions
58
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Substitution

A

One base is changed to another base

59
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Will a substitution always result in the wrong amino acid?

60
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Do different amino acids result in a different protein?

A

Not always, it depends on the chemical properties

61
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What do addition or deletion mutations result in?

A

Frame shift mutations

62
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Are frame shift mutations drajstic?

63
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What are the 4 chromosomal mutations?

A
  1. Deletion
  2. Duplication
  3. Inversion
  4. Translocation
64
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Inversion

A

Reverses the direction

65
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Translocation

A

Part of one chromosome breaks off and reattaches to another chromosome

66
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Nondisjunction

A

A homologous pair fails to separate during meiosis, where two cells have one less chromosome and two have one more chromosome

67
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What is an example of nondisjunction?

A
  1. Down syndrome

2. Kinfelter syndrome

68
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Kinfelter syndrome

A

2x chromosomes, male with feminine qualities

69
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How do we get mutations?

A
  1. Spontaneous

2. The environment

70
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Mutagens

A

Any agent that can cause a change in DNA

71
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What are some mutagens?

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  1. Radiation
  2. Chemicals
  3. High temperatures
  4. Infectious agents
72
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What usually causes substitution mutations?

A

Chemical mutagens

73
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The breaking and reforming of a double stranded DNA molecule can lead to what?

74
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What proofreads DNA and replace incorrect nucleotides with correct nucleotides?

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