DNA Replication Flashcards

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1
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First step in DNA replication

A

Unwind DNA

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2
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What enzyme unwinds DNA

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helicase

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3
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Second step of DNA replication

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Build the daughter strand

-this adds new complementary bases

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4
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Where does energy for bonding usually come from?

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ATP then AMP

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5
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Bonding by enzyme, which enzyme?

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DNA Polymerase III

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6
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Leading and lagging strands, mummified by what? And how does the stand grow?

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  • limits of DNA polymerase III

- can Only build onto 3’end of an existing DNA strand

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7
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Lagging strand

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  • Okazai fragments

- joined by ligase

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8
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Leading strand

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Continuous synthesis

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9
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The central dogma

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  • Flow of a genetic information in a cell

- Goes DNA, replication, transcription, RNA, translation, protein, trait

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10
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Transcription

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he process by which genetic information represented by a sequence of DNA nucleotides is copied into newly synthesized molecules of RNA, with the DNA serving as a template.

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11
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RNA polymerase I

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  • Only transcribes RNA genes

- makes ribosomes

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12
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RNA Polymerase II

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Transcribes genes into mRNA

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13
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RNA Polymerase III

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  • Only transcribes tRNA genes

- each has a specific pro meter sequins it recognizes

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14
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Promoter region

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Binding site before beginning of gene

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15
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Tata box binding site

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Bonding binding site for RNA primers and transcription factors

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16
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Enhancer region

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Finding so far upstream of the DNA