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1
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what is an example of a high energy phosphate bond?

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the P-O-P bond of a pyrophosphate

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2
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hydrolysis is what delta g (favorable or unfavorable)

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very very favorable

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what are the three reasons why phosphate anhydride bonds hold so much energy

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1) have a negative repelling forces
2) hasnt resonance therefore more energy than linked phosphate
3) orthophosphate has more favorable interactions with water than linked phosphates

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4
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linked phosphates are like??

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compressed springs waiting to fly open and provide energy

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what are nucleotides? what are they made up of?

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they are the building blocks of nucleic acids. and its made up 1)ribose/deoxyribose sugar group 2)purine-pyrimidine base 3) 1-3 phosphate groups

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ATP is what, what are other energy sources

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it is a ribonucleotide that is universally used short term energy source. GTP (TCA) and UTP (glycogenesis) can also be used

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DNA and RNA are what? what is the building block of DNA?

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they are both nucleic acids and the building block of DNA is dNTP

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what is dNTP made up of ?

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it is made up of 1) deoxyribose 2)aromatic nitrogenous base (AGCT) 3) a phosphate group

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what the purines? what rings do they have?

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purines are G and A and they have a five and six membered ring

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what the pyrimidines? what rings do they have?

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pyrimidine are C and T and U for RNA. they have one 6 membered ring

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what is a nucleoside

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a ribose with a nitrogenous based at the 1’ carbon, theres no phosphate group

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what is the A ribose nucleoside called?

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adenosine

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what is the G ribose nucleoside called?

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guanosine

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what is the C ribose nucleoside called?

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cytidine

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what is the T ribose nucleoside called?

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thymidine

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what is the U ribose nucleoside called?

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uridine

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17
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dntp stands for what, how are different dntp different from each other

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dntp means deoxynucleoside triphosphate andit is changed by the nitrogenous base that is bonded ex. DCTP where C is the nitrogenous base

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18
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what is the backbone of the nucleic acid

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the sugar phosphate portion of the nucleotide

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what is a polynucleotide

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a polymer of several nucleosides linked together by phosphate diester bonds

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20
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where do new nucleotides add onto DNA

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the free 3’ end

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21
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what does the Watson and Crick model state

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it states that cellular DNA is right handed double helix bound by hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic forces between bases

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22
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what is a double stranded DNA have

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they have two long polynucleotide chains hydrogen binded in an antiparallel orientation with one strand going from 5’ to 3’ and the other going from 3’ to 5’

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23
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what pairs are always together in DNA, how many hydrogen bonds do each have?

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A with T has 2 hydrogen bonds and C with G has three hydrogen bonds

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24
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what base pair needs more energy to be broken

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gc because of three h bonds

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25
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annealing

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the binding of two complementary strands of DNA into a double stranded structure.

26
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what is the separation of two complementary strands of DNA called

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denaturing or melting

27
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what is Tm

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the temperature at which a solution of DNA melts 50%

28
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what stabilizes DNA and what are important measurements to know?

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the van der waals, hydrophobic forces, and the removal of the sugar on the 2’ carbon. the helix pattern repeats itself every ten base pairs or 34 angstroms and has a width is 20 angstroms

29
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genome

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sum total of an organisms genetic info

30
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chromosome? how many do humans have?

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large pieces of linear of ds DNA, each piece is a chromosome, humans have 46 chromosomes with 23 coming from each parent

31
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what does a prokaryotic genome look like?

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its a single circular chromosome

32
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what do viral genomes look like?

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it can be linear DNA/RNA or circular DNA/RNA

33
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what enzyme that prokaryotes have for DNA that humans dont have? what does it do?

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they have DNA gyrase which mixes the single circular chromosome that already coiled even more coiled or super coiled.

34
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what organism has more base pairs?

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eukaryotes

35
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what are histones

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the globular protein that dna wraps around to package

36
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what are nucleosomes

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the bonded beads of histones

37
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what are chromatin

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stacked nucleosomes

38
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what does DNA packaging look like form big to small

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nucleus, chromosomes, chromatin, nucleosomes, histones, and sugar phosphate backbone

39
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what is the first part of the DNA structure creation and what do you add to make the next thing?

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deoxyribose is the first then you add a base which makes a nuceloside

40
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what is the second part of the DNA structure creation and what do you add to make the next thing?

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nucleoside is the second then you 3 phosphate groups which makes a nucleotide

41
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what is the third part of the DNA structure and what do you add to make the next thing?

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oligonucleortides then you continue polymerization and then you make single stranded polynucleotide

42
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what is the fourth part of the DNA structure and what do you add to make the next thing?

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single stranded polynucleotide then you add another complementary strand in the antiparallel position which makes it a double stranded DNA

43
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what is the firth part of the DNA structure and what do you add to make the next thing?

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double stranded DNA is then coiled to make double stranded helix

44
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DNA that is darker stained is made up of what? the lighter stained?

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heterochromatin, the euchromatin

45
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what do lighter stained DNA parts have in terms of activity

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less dense areas have high transcription and high gene activity since its less packed

46
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what are centromeres? what is the protein involved with centromeres?

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centromere is the region of the chromosome which spindle fibers attach to in cell division. fibers attach to the kinetochores, proteins that act like an anchor

47
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what are centromeres made up of

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heterochromatid and repetitive DNA sequences

48
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review different centromere positions, what are the names?

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metacentric (normal), submetacentric, acrocentric, telocentric (absolutely no short arms)

49
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what is p and what is q

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Q is long arms and P is short arms

50
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what are telomeres? what are their characteristics?

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the ends of linear chromosomes. the characteristics are that they have repetitive DNA sequences and guanine rich! has both single/double stranded DNA

51
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telomeres are important for what?

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prevent chromosome deterioration

52
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what are the characteristics of RNA?

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1) RNA is single stranded, except in some viruses 2) RNA has uracil instead thymine 3) the pentose ring in RNA is ribose NOT deoxyribose

53
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what is a coding RNA? what does this RNA do?

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coding RNA is mRNA and mRNA carries genetic info to the ribosome, where it can be translated into protein

54
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what is hnRNA?

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first RNA transcribed by DNA, its premature version of mRNA that included exons and introns. it has no cap or tails

55
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what are non coding RNA? what are the two main ones?

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nc RNA is a functional RNA that is not translated into a protein. the two we need to know is tRNA and rRNA

56
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what is tRNA?

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transfer RNA: translates the genetic code. it also carries amino acids from cytoplasm to ribosome to be added to growing protein

57
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what is rRNA?

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ribosomal RNA: major component of ribosome. humans only have four different rRNA’s. they provide catalytic function of ribosome

58
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what are catalytic RNA’s called

A

ribozymesand rRNA

59
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snRNA, miRNA, and siRNA are used in what

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in gene expression

60
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where does DNA flexibility come from

A

leaving a linker DNA between nucleosomes

61
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what makes DNA more stable than RNA?

A

DNA is more stable because of the removal of the OH group on the second carbon

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