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*DNA (in nucleus) to mRNA (moves from nucleus to cytoplasm) to protein (in cytoplasm)
*DNA -> RNA -> Protein

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flow of information
central dogma

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2
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Made of Nucleic acids

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DNA

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3
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Nucleotides make what?

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Nucleic Acids

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4
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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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DNA

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5
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Ribonucleic Acid

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RNA

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6
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Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine

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DNA

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Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil

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RNA

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8
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Purine (A&G) and Pyrimidine (T&C)

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Two Forms of Nucleotides in DNA

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9
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2 hydrogen bonds

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A-T

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10
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3 hydrogen bonds

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G-C

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11
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is arranged in a double helix

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DNA nucleotides

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12
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Double Helix discovered by

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Watson and Crick

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13
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dictates sequences on one strand

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complementary base pairing

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14
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these can line up in any order on a strand

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nucleotides

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15
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5’- G C A C C A A T A - 3’
3’- C G T G G T T A T - 5’

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complementary base pairing

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16
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nucleotide sequence in a DNA molecule that codes for a specific polypeptide chain

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Gene

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17
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Genes consist of two strands, what are they?

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coding and template

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18
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carry information for making proteins in our body

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DNA

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19
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information for making proteins is organized into localized regions along DNA molecule called what?

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genes

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20
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Each ______ has information for making a protein or RNA

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gene

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21
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Each ____ molecule has many genes

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DNA

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22
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There are about how many genes in the human body?

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~ 23,000

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23
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These areas may have some other function; some areas of DNA do not have instructions for making RNA or Protein and are not

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genes

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24
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DNA molecules are called what when dividing?

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chromosomes

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25
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have 23 pairs of chromosomes and 46 chromosomes in total

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Human Cells

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26
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process of copying DNA prior to cell division

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DNA replication

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27
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this and other proteins unwind DNA Molecule

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Helicase

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28
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catalyzing the reaction that puts monomers together, making polymers

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polymerase

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29
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use one molecule of DNA as a template

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semiconservative replication

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30
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DNA repair is carried out by _____________ and other _______

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DNA Polymerase and enzymes

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31
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small-scale change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene

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Gene Mutation

32
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Specific nucleotides for _______, which are hydrogen molecules bonded together

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base pairs

33
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DNA to RNA

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transcription

34
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These processes convert DNA information into proteins

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transcription and translation

35
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gene serves as a template for RNA synthesis, occurs in the nucleus using RNA polymerase

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transcription

36
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joins nucleotides together until termination sequence is reached; begins at promoter region

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RNA Polymerase

37
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sequences for the proteins

38
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Pre-mRNA contains what?

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Introns and Exons

39
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Each cell determines which genes are …?

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active or inactive

40
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*speed up or halt transcription
*may bind with noncoding DNA sequences and affect the transcription of a neighboring gene

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regulatory proteins

41
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helps to fight inflammation; works with the immune system

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Glucocorticoid

42
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When a gene is not active –> no ______ is being made

43
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carries DNA gene information out of the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm or rER

44
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Three bases on mRNA, they are decoded three at a time

45
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AUG

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start codon

46
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what does a start codon do?

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establishes the reading frame for translation

47
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Codons that do not connect with other codons

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stop codons

48
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delivers the “right” amino acid to the correct location along the mRNA/ribosome complex (decodes mRNA)

49
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component of catalytically active ribosome enzyme

50
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these are adapters between amino acids and the codons in mRNA molecules

51
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anticodon of _____ base pairs w/ codon of ________.

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tRNA; mRNA

52
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amino acid is covalently attached to this end of the tRNA

53
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*two subunits are built in the nucleus from rRNA and proteins
*shipped to the cytoplasm
*combine into _______ during translation

54
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What is a ribosome made of?

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RNA and Proteins

55
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have a free amino group, free carboxyl group, and a side group

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Amino acids

56
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polypeptide is a long chain of?

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amino acids

57
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amino acids are joined by

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peptide bonds

58
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this group of one amino acid is covalently attached to the amino group of the next amino acid

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carboxyl group

59
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*AUG binds w/ the small ribosome unit
*large ribosome subunit binds to the initiation complex
*initiator tRNA w/AUG attached binds to mRNA codon

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Initiation

60
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Peptide bonds form between incoming amino acids

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Elongation

61
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detachment of the new polypeptide; stop codon

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Termination

62
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Where do new polypeptide chains go?

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some stay in the cytoplasm
others modified in the ER to be sent out of the cell

63
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cluster of ribosomes all translating the same mRNA at the same time

64
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This binds to the AUG initiation codon

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methionine

65
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Translation usually begins here

66
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small ribosomal subunit from here

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5’ terminus of mRNA

67
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aminoacyl-tRNA entry site
incoming tRNA binding site

68
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peptidyl-tRNA site
holds the growing peptide chain

69
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exit site of tRNA

70
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polypeptide chain termination occurs when?

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a chain-termination (stop) codon enters the A site of ribosome

71
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what molecule is added to the carboxyl terminus of the nascent peptide causing termination?

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water molecule

72
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DNA polymerases and other enzymes repair replication mistakes

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DNA repair

73
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a change in the sequence of a Gene’s nucleotides

74
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an incorrect nucleotide is paired with an exposed base during DNA replication; may be repaired; if not one amino acid may replace another during translation

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Base Pair Substitution

75
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a base is lost; could alter the reading frame

76
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Single-base pair insertion; alters the reading frame

BMS 110 (11 decks)

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