DNA And Biotechnology Flashcards

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1
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Two forms of nucleic acids

A

DNA and RNA

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2
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Nomenclature of nucleic acids

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Nucleotides

Nucleosides

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3
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Nucleotides

A

ATP or ADP

When one or more phosphate groups are attached to a nucleoside

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4
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Nucleoside

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A five carbon sugar bound to a nitrogenous base

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5
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Sugar phosphate backbone

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5’ to 3’
joined by 3’-5’ phosphodiester bonds

DNA strands run antiparallel

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6
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Purine

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Pure as gold

Adenine
Guanine

Two rings

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7
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Pyramidine

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Cytosine
Uracil
Thymine

CUT the Py

One ring

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Base pairing

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Complementary

AT
GC

5’ to 3’

Sugar phosphate backbone

Double helix

Hydrogen bonding

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9
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DNA replication

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Wolverine was going to unwind for the day, so he licks ice cream.. But because it’s sticky he uses super stick. Suddenly Optimus Prime rushes in leading 5 transformers. He started to get stressed so he took a topical island cream

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10
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Chromosomal Proteins

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Histones
Heterochromatin
Euchromatin 
Telomeres
Centromeres
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