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Chapter 6: Molecular Genetics Flashcards

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genetic material

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hereditary information

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gamete

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sex cells

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autosomal cells

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body cells

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minimal medium

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the minimum amount of material needed to grow

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spore

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an asexual seed

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virulent

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extremely harmful of toxic

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bacteriophage

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a virus that infects and destroys bacteria

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double helix

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a double-stranded spiral that makes up DNA molecular structure

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pyrimidine

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a nitrogenous base with a characteristic single ring structure (hint: cytosine and thymine)

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purine

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a nitrogenous base with a two ring characteristic structure (hint: adenine and guanine)

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antiparallel

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the overall direction of two complementary strands relative to one another such that their 5’ to 3’ orientation run opposite of each other

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isotopes

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different forms of an element that have the same number of protons and a different number of neutrons and atomic mass

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differential centrifugation

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a technique that involves the separation of cellular particles according to their mass, size, or density

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polymerization

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a process by which a large molecule is constructed

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phosphodiester linkages

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the linkages that hold nucleotides together

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DNA polymerase

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the enzyme that catalyzes the polymerization of new DNA strands

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helicase

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an enzyme that unwinds the double-stranded DNA before replication at the site of the replication fork

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single strand binding protein

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an enzyme that stabilizes the unwound helix during replication

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RNA primer

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a strand of RNA nucleotides that is required for DNA synthesis

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primase

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an enzyme that synthesizes RNA primer

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okazaki fragments

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small pieces of nucleotide that are used to synthesize DNA from the lagging strand

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ligase

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an enzyme responsible for joining Okazaki fragments into a single DNA strands

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DNA polymerase I

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an enzyme that assists in removing RNA primers from a DNA strand, replacing them with DNA

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leading strand

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the strand of DNA of grows continuously in the direction of the replication fork, and can be read easily

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lagging strand
the strand of DNA that grows away from the replication fork, and cannot be read easily
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excision repair
an incorrect DNA sequence is cut out and replaced with the correct sequence
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telomeres
repeating sequences of nucleotide found at the end of DNA strands, which are made up of tandem repeats
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telomerase
an enzyme that can polymerize telomere sequences
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polypeptide
a chain of amino acids joined by peptide bonds
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transcription
the process where information on DNA is coded into a messenger RNA molecule
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translation
information on the messenger RNA molecule is converted by a ribosome into a polypeptide strand
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codon
3 bases on an mRNA strand that designate a particular amino acid
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transcription unit
the sequence on the DNA strand to be coded in mRNA
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promoter sequence
a series of DNA nucleotides (15-300 base pairs long) that serves as the site where RNA polymerase binds
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transcription factors
a collection of proteins that help RNA polymerase recognize and bind to the promoter
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terminator sequence
DNA nucleotides that signal the end of transcription
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poly (A) tail
consists of 30-200 adenine nucleotides and is attached to the 3' end of the mRNA molecule. It protects against degradation and helps export mRNA from the nucleus.
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introns
intervening sequences of noncoding nucleotides that occur between coding sequences
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exons
expressed sequences of the mRNA transcript
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spliceosomes
a composition of proteins and small nuclear Ribonuclear Proteins (hint: snRNPs)
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anticodon loop
contains a sequence of 3 nucleotides (anticodon) which are complementary to 3 nucleotides (codon) on the mRNA strand
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nucleolus
a site in the nucleus where ribosomal RNA is synthesized and ribosomes are assembled
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redundancy/degeneracy
describes the relative unimportance the third nucleotide plays for specifying a given amino acid (hint: ACU and ACC both specify for the amino acid threonine)
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charged tRNA
a tRNA molecule bound to an amino acid with a high energy covalent bond (hint: also called aminoacyl tRNA)
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ribozymes
enzymes made of RNA that assist in RNA splicing
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elongation
the addition of amino acids one by one to form a polypeptide chain
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codon recognition
the anticodon of the tRNA binds with the complimentary sequences of the mRNA codon
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peptide bond
covalent links that form by dehydration reactions between amino acids
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stop codon
1 of 3 sequences of three nucleotides on the mRNA strand, (UAG, UAA, or UGA) which accepts a protein release factor, thus terminating elongation
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polyribosomes
several ribosomes attached to an mRNA strand that increase efficiency of translation. They occur in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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signal peptides
sequences of about 20 amino acids on polypeptides that direct a protein to the ER
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lac operon
regulates mRNA transcription of enzymes responsible for digesting lactose
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transcriptional controls
control whether or not mRNA is produced
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gene expression
transcription and translation to form a polypeptide
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repressor protein
a protein that binds to an operator site and blocks RNA polymerase
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operator/operator site
the site downstream from the promoter where the repressor protein binds
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inducible operon
a regulatory unit that is activated when a small molecule interacts with a regulatory protein
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repressible operon
a regulatory unit that is inhibited when a small molecule binds with a regulatory protein
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allolactose
an isomer of lactose
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operon
a unit of genetic function that consists of regulated sets of genes with related functions
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allosteric site
a specific receptor site on an enzyme apart from the active site. Molecules bind here and change the shape of the active site.
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genome
the DNA in a complete set of an organism's chromosomes (both coding for proteins and non-coding DNA)
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chromosome
a highly compacted form of DNA and associate proteins
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nucleosome
a segment of DNA wrapped around a core of histone proteins
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chromatin
a complex of DNA and proteins in eukaryotes
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domains
the loops of third level DNA, where chromatin fiber is looped and anchored onto a scaffold protein
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denature
the separation of the two strands of the DNA double helix by breaking hydrogen bonds
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tandem repeats/satellite DNA
sequences of DNA that repeat one after the other up to several hundred thousand times (ie: GTTAC GTTAC GTTAC, etc.)
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interspersed repetitive DNA
sequences of repetitive DNA which are scattered throughout the genome. These sequences are not always identical, but must be similar.
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reanneal
the coming-together of DNA strands
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centromere
the region of a chromosome that joins two sister chromatids, and is made up of multiple tandem repeat sequences
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gene family
long, repeating DNA sequences that can code for genes and are capable of transcribing RNA
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pseudogenes
copies of existing genes that lack regulatory sequences that are necessary for gene expression
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gene amplification
takes place when many copies of a gene are synthesized in order to increase production of the gene product (hint: salamander eggs and cancer cells)
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transposon/jumping genes
a segment of DNA that is able to copy itself and insert this copy elsewhere in a chromosome
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retrotransposons
a transposable element that moves within a genome by means of an RNA intermediate
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histone
a small protein involved in DNA packing
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nucleoid
region where DNA concentrations are found in prokaryotic cells
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gene controls
methods used to ensure that certain genes are only expressed when needed
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totipotent
containing a full set of hereditary instructions
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transformation
transfer of genetic material from one cell to another
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complementarity
sets of hydrogen bonds link base pairs together (2 hydrogen bonds between thymine and adenine, and 3 hydrogen bonds between guanine and cytosine)
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endonucleases
cut DNA internally
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exonucleases
chews away at the end of DNA, helps proofread, and is used by DNA polymerase I to remove the primers after replication
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replisome
a replication organelle, made up of an assembly of proteins
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primosome
made up of primase/helicase and other proteins
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gene
a sequence of nucleotides that determines the amino acid sequence of a protein
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triplet code
the 3-nucleotide sequence in each codon
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reading frame
part of the genetic code that is read by mRNA
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template strand (antisense strand)
the strand of DNA that is copied
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coding strand (sense strand)
the strand of DNA that is not copied, and is identical to RNA
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-35 sequence
TTGACA, which is 35 nucleotides away from where transcription starts
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-10 sequence
TATAAT, which is 10 nucleotides from where transcription starts
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transcription bubble
the area containing RNA polymerase, DNA, and the growing mRNA strand
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CG hairpin
causes polymerase to pause and let go of DNA
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nonsense codons
UAA, UAG, UGA
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initiation factors
proteins that position tRNAfMet (in prokaryotes) or methionine (in eukaryotes) at the P site

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