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Ch. 13 and 14 Flashcards

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1
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What are the four nitrogenous bases found in DNA?

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  1. thymine
  2. guanine
  3. cytosine
  4. adenine
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What are the four nitrogenous bases found in RNA?

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  1. uracil
  2. gunaine
  3. cytosine
  4. adenine
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What are the complementary bases in DNA?

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  1. adenine + thymine (A+T)
  2. guanine + cytosine (G+C)
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What are the complementary bases in RNA?

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  1. adenine + uracil (A+U)
  2. guanine + cytosine (G+C)
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5
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What kind of bond holds nitrogenous base pairs together?

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hydrogen bonds

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What discovery was Chargaff best known for?

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concluding that in natural DNA, the number of G=C and the number of A=T

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What are purines?

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one of two nitrogenous bases characterized by a 6-membered ring fused to a 5-membered ring

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Which nitrogenous bases are purines?

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adenine and guanine

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What are pyrimidines?

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one of two types of nitrogenous bases characterized by a 6-membered ring

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Which nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines?

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cytosine, thymine, and uracil

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What is a semiconservative model?

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a type of DNA replication in which the replicated double helix consists of one old strand and one newly made strand

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What is helicase?

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  • an enzyme that untwists the double helix of DNA at replication forks
  • separates the two strands and makes them available as template strands
  • “scissors” that cut DNA in half
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13
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What is DNA polymerase?

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  • an enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of new DNA by the addition of nucleotides to the the 3’ end of an existing chain
  • “builders” that assemble nucleotides on DNA molecules
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What is DNA ligase?

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  • a linking enzyme that fills in the gaps made from Okazaki fragments to make on continuous strand
  • “glue” that patches DNA together
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What is a replication bubble?

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a loop that is generated by the unwinding of the double helix

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What is a replication fork?

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a Y-shaped region on a replicating DNA molecule where the parental strands are being unwound and new strands are being synthesized

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17
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In what direction is DNA always synthesized?

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5’-3’ direction

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18
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What is a leading strand?

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the new complementary DNA strand synthesized continuously along the template strand toward the replication fork

5’-3’ direction

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What is a lagging strand?

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a discontinuously synthesized DNA strand that elongates by means of Okazaki fragments synthesized away from the replication fork

5’-3’ direction

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What is a lagging strand?

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a discontinuously synthesized DNA strand that elongates by means of Okazaki fragments synthesized away from the replication fork

5’-3’ direction

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What are Okazaki fragments?

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  • short segments of DNA synthesized away from the replication fork on a template strand
  • segments are joined together to make up the lagging strand of newly synthesized DNA
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22
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What is the flow of genetic information?

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  • the “flow” of genetic info from DNA to RNA to proteins
  • through transcription and translation, info from genes is used to make proteins

“central dogma”

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22
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What is the flow of genetic information?

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  • the “flow” of genetic info from DNA and RNA
  • through transcription and translation, info from genes is used to make proteins

“central dogma”

23
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What are triplets in genetic code?

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refers to a set of 3 nucleotide bases that code for a certain amino acid

read 3 at a time to account for all 20 possible amino acids

24
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What is genetic code?

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  • refers to the instructions contained in a gene that tell a cell how to make a specific protein
  • uses 4 nucleotide bases in various ways to create 3-letter codons that specify which amino acid must be made
25
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What is transcription?

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  • the synthesis of RNA using a DNA template
  • occurs in the nucleus of eukaryotes
26
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What is RNA polymerase?

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  • an enzyme that links ribonucleotides into a growing RNA chain during transcription
  • starts transcribing at the promoter
27
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What are the 3 stages of transcription?

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  1. initiation
  2. elongation
  3. termination
28
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What is initiation?

transcription

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  • RNA polymerase binds to DNA’s promoter to begin transcription
  • promoter tells RNA polymerase where to settle itself on DNA and begin transcribing
29
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What is elongation?

transcription

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  • RNA strand gets longer due to the addition of new nucleotides
  • RNA polymerase walks along the template strand in 3’-5’ direction
30
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What is termination?

transcription

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  • the process of ending transcription in which RNA gets signals to stop transcribing
  • happens once the polymerase transcribes a sequence of DNA known as the terminator
31
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What is messenger RNA?

mRNA

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a type of RNA whose job is to carry protein info from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, where polypeptides are formed

32
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What is RNA splicing?

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a process that removes introns from pre-RNA and joins exons together in order to enable translation

33
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What are introns?

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non-coding, intervening sequences within a primary transcript that is removed during RNA processing

34
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What are exons?

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sequences within a primary transcript that remains in the RNA after RNA processing

35
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What is transfer RNA?

tRNA

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  • functions as a translator between nucleic acid and protein languages by picking up a specific amino acid and carrying it to the ribosome
  • recognizes the appropriate codons in the mRNA
36
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What is an anti-codon?

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a group of 3 bases on a tRNA molecule that is complementary to an mRNA codon

37
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What is translation?

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  • the synthesis of a polypeptide using the genetic info encoded in an mRNA molecule
  • includes a change of “language” from nucleotides to amino acids

occurs in ribosomes

38
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How many ribosomal subunits are there?

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2; one big and one small

come from the cell’s nucleolus

39
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What is the P site?

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  • holds the tRNA carrying the growing polypeptide chain
  • peptidyl-tRNA

middle site

40
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What is the P site?

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  • holds the tRNA carrying the growing polypeptide chain
  • peptidyl-tRNA

middle site

41
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What is the A site?

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  • holds the tRNA carrying the next amino acid to be added to the polypeptide chain
  • aminioacyl tRNA

entrance site

42
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What is the E site?

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the place where the discharged tRNAs leave the ribosome

exit site

43
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What are the 3 stages of translation?

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  1. initiation
  2. elongation
  3. termination
44
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What is initiation?

translation

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ribosome gets together with the mRNA and the first tRNA so translation can begin

45
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What is elongation?

translation

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  • amino acids are brought to the ribosome by tRNAs and linked together to form a chain
  • composed of 3 steps: codon recognition, peptide bond formation, and translocation
46
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What is termination?

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the finished polypeptide is released to go and do its job in the cell

47
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What are the 3 steps of elongation?

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  1. codon regonition
  2. peptide bond formation
  3. translocation
48
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What are mutations?

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changes in the nucleotide sequence of an organism’s DNA (or in a virus)

49
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What are the 2 types of small-scale nucleotide changes?

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  1. substitution
  2. insertion/deletion
50
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What is nucleotide-pair substitution?

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a type of point mutation that replaces one nucleotide and its partner with another pair of nucleotides

51
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What is insertion/deletion?

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additions or losses of nucleotides in a gene

52
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What are silent mutations?

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substitutions that have no observable effect on the phenotype

ex: (in a gene) a codon that codes for the same amino acid

53
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What are missense mutations?

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substitutions that result in a codon that codes for a different amino acid

54
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What are nonsense mutations?

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mutations that change an amino acid codon to one of the 3 stop codons –> shorter and usually nonfunctional protein

55
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What are mutagens?

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anything capable of causing a mutation

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