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1
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What is the ideal primer length? What is the limit?

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Ideal 18-24bp, can go up to 42

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What is the ideal GC content of primers? What if it is not in those bounds?

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Ideal 40-60%. Increase means higher temp for denature and secondary primer structures wont denature, lower means less stability

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3
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What is the difference of annealing temperature and melting temperature?

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2-3C lower

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4
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What occurs during the melting temperature for primers?

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Temperature where 1/2 old the DNA duplex dissociates and becomes single stranded

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5
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What is the ideal melting temperate range?

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52-65C

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6
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What is the concern of primer secondary structures?

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Can lead to poor or no yield of product/application fails

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What are the common primer secondary structures?

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Hairpins, self-dimer primer, heterodimer

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8
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What is the max number of repeats in primers?

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4

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9
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What is deltaG? What are its limits?

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-10 to +10. Indicates the probability of primer secondary structures forming

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10
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What are the three steps of PCR?

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Denaturation, annealing, elongation

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What does PCR stand for?

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Polymerase chain reaction

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12
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What occurs during Denaturation? What is its ideal temperature?

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94 or 95C. H bonds between complimentary bases are broken. Double to single stranded

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What occurs during annealing? What is the ideal temperature?

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Primers bind to their complimentary sequences. Occurs at 55C (52-64avg)or 2-3C lower than Tm

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14
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What is another term for annealing?

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Primer binding

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15
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Do the primers become a part of the new PCR product? T/F

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True!

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16
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What are the two types of primers?

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Forward and reverse complementary

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17
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What occurs during the elongation step? At what temperature?

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DNA polymerase binds to primers and adds dNTPS(new bases) to finish the new strand. Occurs at 72C

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18
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What is another term for elongation?

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Polymerization

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19
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How is the elongation step controlled?

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Time. Length of the step controls the length of complimentary sequence

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20
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In what direction does the elongation step occur?

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5’ to 3’

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21
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What is another term for primers?

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Oligo nucleotides/ oligos

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22
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What is the primer directionality? Where does it bind?

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Bonds to the 3’ end of the template strand and is in the 5’ to 3’ direction

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23
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Can forward and reverse primers be different lengths?

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Yes

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24
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Within what range do the annealing temperatures of primers need to be to ensure they both bind?

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Within 1C

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25
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How is the forward primer determined?

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Right from the start of the sequence, same as the 5’ to 3’ template from the start

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26
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How is the reverse primer formed?

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Compliment of the 5’ to 3’ template on the 3’ end and then “flip it” or find the reverse compliment

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27
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Do you compliment the forward primer?

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NO, only the reverse

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28
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What is a restriction enzyme? What does it do?

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An enzyme that functions in recognition and cutting of DNA sequences

29
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Will a restriction enzyme cut DNA if the recognition sequence is changed?

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No

30
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What does the restriction enzyme bind to?

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Double stranded DNA

31
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Where do restriction enzymes cut?

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Phosphate backbone of DNA

32
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How do you determine the concentration of DNA in a sample?

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Multiply the OD 260 by 50ug DNA/mL

33
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What is the ratio that determines a pure DNA sample? What if it is outside of that range?

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A pure sample is 1.8-2.0. Outside of this range it is contaminated by protein

34
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What causes a nonspecific band?

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When primers bind to the non target region and make smaller copies of different spots in the sequence

35
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Is ladder separation linear? T/F

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True, they move by size

36
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How do DNA fragment sizes move in gel?

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Larger fragments move slower and closer towards black
Smaller fragments move faster and further towards red

37
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How long are restriction endonuclease typically?

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4,5,6,8bp or Bivalent but it is dependent on the target length of the sequence

38
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How do you write SNPs?

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1st possible nucleotide- spot in sequence - 2nd possible nucleotide
C 145 G

39
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How many locations differentiate the locations in the gene of a taster vs nontaster?

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3

40
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What does SNP stand for? What does it mean?

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms, where nucleotides in the sequence differentiate

41
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What is Chelex? What if it gets into your PCR sample?

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Chelex are nano-beads of Mg2+ and Ca2+ that remove metal ions and will inactivate nucleases that will break down DNA. If it gets into your PCR then it inactivates Taq polymerase since its cofactor is Mg

42
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What is anthocyanin in plant cross? What gene is this? What expression is dominant?

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Purple pigment, ANL gene, ANL is dominant over anl

43
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What is the ROS gene? What does it indicate? Which expression is dominant?

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Rosette dwarf gene which gives tall or short plant. Dominant expression is ros/ros

44
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What are true breeding parents?

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Genotypes of homozygous dominant or recessive and we will see the phenotype in all generations. Ex Homozygous dominant ROS/ROS will give tall offspring always

45
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What do “fluffy clouds” mean at the bottom of gel electrophoresis runs?

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Primer dimers

46
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What does the percentage of a gel mean in gel electrophoresis?

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A higher percentage gel means resolving optimal resolution of the linear DNA size you can see

47
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What is the purpose of loading dye?

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To add to DNA samples for PCR to make it sink to the bottom of the well to not affect migration in the buffer and not the gel

48
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What is agarose gel composed of?

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A buffer/salt solution of polymers that sort out DNA fragments by size

49
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What is the purpose of agarose gel electrophoresis?

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To separate DNA fragments by size

50
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What is the purpose of the gel solution (2)?

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Maintains pH and salt concentration

51
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Why does DNA move towards the positive (red) electrode (2)?

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It is negatively charged at a neutral pH

52
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What happens when you increase the agarose concentration?

A

Pores become smaller

53
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What type of relationship is there between DNA size and migration?

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Logarithmic relationship between the DNA fragment weights and distance traveled

54
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What is the purpose of having dye in the gel itself?

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To visualize DNA and ladder under UV light

55
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What concept do we use when calculating the amount of loading dye?

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Equivalent volumes

56
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Do equivalent volumes equate to 1:1? T/F

A

False!

57
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What equation do we use to calculate the amount of loading dye for a reaction?

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Ve/(n1-n2)
Ve= volume of rxn
N1=initial dye concentration (typically 6x)
N2= final dye concentration (1x)

58
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How do we make a cocktail reaction for PCR?

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Total amount of reactions plus 1 for pipetting error

59
Q

What is typically included in a PCR master mix (4)?

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dNTPs, Taq, buffer, Mg ions

60
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What does “diluted to” mean?

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The initial volume of solute is diluted to the total volume of solute + diluent
1mL phage is diluted to 4mL =1mL phage +3mL diluent

61
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What does “added to” mean?

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Refers to volume of diluent
1mL phage is added to 4mL broth. 1/5 dilution

62
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What is the equation for dilution?

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D= Vsolute/(Vsolute+Vdiluent)

63
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What are the two types of percent solutions?

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Volume/volume or weight/volume

64
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Why do we avoid more than 3 G or C in the last 5bp at the 3’ end of the primer?

A

Avoids primer secondary structure

65
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How to go from L to mL? mL to L? L to uL?

A

L to mL *1000
mL to L /1000
L to uL *10^6

66
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How to go from M to mM? mM to M? M to uM?

A

M to mM *1000
mM to M /1000
M to uM *10^6

67
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What units are used in weight/volume percent solutions?

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Gr/mL

68
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What units are behind molarity?

A

Moles/L

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