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1
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what is the packaging of DNA?

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  • the condensed state of the DNA is the result of interactions with basic proteins
  • high density
  • packaged with positively charged proteins to enable supercoiling the negative phosphodiester backbone in DNA
  • means no transcription is occurring
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what is the density of DNA in bacteria? in eukaryotic nucleus? in T4 phages?

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  • bacteria = 10 mg/mL
  • eukaryotes = 100 mg/mL
  • T4 = 500 mg/mL
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what does packaging relate to?

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  • expression
  • condensed means there is no transcription
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packaging ratios

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  • length of DNA divided by the length of the unit that contains it
  • unpackaged DNA to packaged DNA
  • lower the ratio the less active transcription is occurring
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what is the packaging ratio of interphase chromatin?

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1,000 - 2,000

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what is the packaging ratio of mitosis?

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5,000 - 10,000

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how do you calculate packaging ratios?

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  • 46,000,000 bp = 14 um unpackage v 2 um packaged
  • 14,000 / 2 = 7,000 packaging ratio
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what is DNA density?

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  • mass of DNA per volume
  • for example, bacteria has a DNA density of 10 mg/mL
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what are the different types of genomes?

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  • virus = TMV, phage fd and T4, and adenovirus
  • prokaryote = e. coli
  • eukaryote = mitochondria and nucleus
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what is the length of the human genome compared to the bacterial genome?

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  • humans = 1.8 m (5.9 ft) / 6 x106 kb
  • bacteria = 1.3 m (4.2 ft) / 4.2x103 kb
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what are the types of viral packaging and what viruses are they associated with?

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  • filamentous = TMV and phage fd
  • icosadedron = adenovirus and phage T4
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what is the bacterial genome?

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  • 80% DNA by mass
  • unfolded by agents that act on RNA or proteins
  • condensing proteins are not completely understood
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how is bacterial genome organized?

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  • independent domains or loops that contain 40 bp per loop
  • genome is supercoiled and organized into loops
  • nucleoid has 100 independent negatively charged super coiled domains
  • 1 super coil contains 100 bp
  • each loop contains 10 - 40 bases
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supercoiling density

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  • 1 supercoil per 100 bp
  • 100 loops of fibers per genome
  • enough to influence melting of DNA promoters
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what proteins are involved in DNA binding in bacteria?

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  • HU, IHF, H1, and protein P
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HU

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dimer that condenses DNA into bead-like structure

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IHF

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integration host factor

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H1

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interacts with bent DNA
- not the same H1 in eukaryotes

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19
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protein P

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resembles protamine (found in sperm); very basic

20
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what is the eukaryotic genome comprised of?

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  • 50% DNA
  • 10% RNA
  • the rest is proteins, with half of the proteins histones
21
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how is the eukaryotic genome organized?

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  • loops of DNA about 60 kb but can range from 20-200
  • composed of scaffold proteins
22
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MAR

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  • matrix attachment region
  • DNA binds to nuclear matrix within nuclear membrane
  • appear to be associated with scaffold proteins
  • heterochromatin is strongly associated here
23
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euchromatin

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  • much less densely packed and dispersed
  • only small portion transcribed
  • more likely to be transcribed, does not mean it will be
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heterochromatin

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  • inactive
  • two kinds: facultative and constitutive
25
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constitutive heterochromatin

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  • regions that are not expressed, remain condensed
  • structural and remain near centromeres
26
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facultative heterochromatin

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  • entire chromosomes that are inactive in one cell lineage in the female
  • mosaic in cells, one cell can have a different active X chromosome than another
27
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what are the 10, 30, and 50 nm fibers?

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  • 10 nm = beads on a string
  • 30 nm = compact beads on a string
28
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why is the beads on a string model no longer accurate past the 30 nm fiber?

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  • based on the hierarchal model that is no longer accurate because is only present in isolated DNA and does not occur naturally
  • beads on a string are all packaged at different densities and not that organized
29
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explain scaffolding

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  • the mitotic chromosome is comprised of consecutive loops formed by condensin 1 and 2
  • mega loops nested within smaller loops all situated on a backbone
  • condensin 2 forms the primary loops while condensin 1 forms sub-loops
  • first structure wraps around over and over with other to form a large structure
30
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condensin 1

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within primary loops to form subloops

31
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condensin 2

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  • spirals that form the central structure of the condensed chromosome
32
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lampbrush chromosomes

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  • highly extended conformation at 400 - 800 um (normal is 15-20)
  • found in amphibians like newt and frog
  • have extended meiosis for several months
  • found within normal DNA with loops that are heavily transcribed
  • contains ribonucleoproteins
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polytene chromosomes

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  • drosophila larval salivary glands interphase nuclei
  • more than 5,000 bands with a packaging ration more than 20
  • comprised of parallel fibers running longitudly that result in the chromosome doubling up to 9 times
  • transcriptionally active bands are puffed forming balbiani rings
34
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what occurs in puff and balbiani rings?

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intense RNA synthesis
- can tell the order based on short to long

35
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what is a centriole?

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  • involved in the development of spindle fibers for cell division
  • not found in all organisms
36
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what is a centrosome?

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  • eukaryotic segregation device
  • no DNA sequence but epigenetic modifications
37
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what are MTOCs?

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  • microtubular organizing center
  • found at centrioles at the poles and on each chromosome at the center
38
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what is a kinetochore?

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  • 400 nm fiber found at centromere that is attached to the microtubules during mitosis
  • provides MTOC for chromosome
39
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what is the unusual yeast kinetochore?

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Dam 1

40
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budding yeast centromere structure

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point centromere

41
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insects, mammals, and plant centromere structure

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regional centromeres

42
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nematodes centromere structure

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holocentric chromosome

43
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regional chromosomes

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  • contain a centromere specific histone H3 variant and repetitive DNA
  • alternating pattern of H3 octamers and CenH3 tetrameres
  • the Cen H3 tetramers recruit proteins that form the kinetochore
  • location seems to be epigenetically controlled
44
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why is the regional centromere more beneficial over the point centromere?

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the point centromere can only accommodate a single turn of DNA

45
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chromatin

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a complex chiefly of DNA and histone in eukaryotic cells that is usually dispersed in the interphase nucleus and condensed into chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis

46
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interphase nucleus

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no condensed chromosomes
- chromosomes occupy specific territories within the nucleus and are not entangled

47
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acentric fragment

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does not get attached to mitotic spindle

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