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Monomer of DNA?

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Nucleotides

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What are Pyrimidines and give examples?

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Nitrogenous base with one ring

C (cytosine)
T (Thymine)

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What are purines and give examples?

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Nitrogenous bases with 2 rings

A (adenine)
G (guanine)

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Describe the structure of a DNA

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Nitrogenous base (A,T,G,C)
Deoxyribose Sugar
Phosphate group

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The backbone of dna is the _____

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Sugar-phosphate backbone

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What is found at the 5’ end and the 3’ end?

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5’: Phosphate group

3’: OH-

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What are the nitrogenous base pairings?

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Adenine & Thymine
Guanine & Cytosine

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Nitrogenous bases in DNA vs RNA

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RNA swaps the Thymine in DNA for Uracil
DNA - A, T, G, C
RNA - A, U, G, C

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The sugar in DNA is _______

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deoxyribose

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The sugar in RNA is _______

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ribose

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How are the nitrogenous bases connected within the double helix?

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Hydrogen bonds

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Describe mRNA

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Messenger RNA
Translates DNA into form readable for cells. (T —> U)

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Describe rRNA

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Ribosomal RNA
Helps mRNA bind to a spot on ribosome

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RNA that acts as enzyme is called _______

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Ribozymes

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Describe tRNA

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Transfer RNA
Brings amino acids to ribosome and ensures it is the amino acid specified by mRNA

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How do regulatory mRNA (miRNA & siRNA) maintain homeostasis?

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Bind to mRNA molecules and reduce their stability or interfere with the translation

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Topoisomers function

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Prevents supercoiling
Prevents double helix from getting to tightly wound as it is being opened

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Helicase function

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Breaks the hydrogen bonds that bind the nitrogenous bases in DNA.
Splits the DNA.

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Function of RNA Primer
What’s synthesizes primer?

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Begins the synthesis of DNA strands
-Primase

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What is DNA polymerase?

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Enzyme that creates new DNA by adding nucleotides to growing DNA chain

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In what direction do nucleotides get added?

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5’ —-> 3’

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What is the replication fork?

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The Y-shape created by the splitting of the DNA helix

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Describe the leading strand

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5’ –> 3’ moves in the same direction as the DNA polymerase
Complimentary strand moves toward the replication fork

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Describe the lagging strand

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Moves away from the fork
Made in fragments because as the fork moves forward, the DNA polymerase has to detach and reattach on newly formed DNA

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What is the Okazaki Fragments?
The small fragments made on the lagging strand. New primer is required for each fragment
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Main function of DNA polymerase III?
Makes the bulk of new DNA
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Main function of DNA polymerase I?
Removes RNA primers and replaces it with DNA
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Basic DNA replication is called semi-conservative. What does this mean?
Each new strand of DNA contains one old and one new strand.
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What is conservative DNA replication?
Replication results in one molecule consisting of both old strands and another molecule containing 2 new strands
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Describe dispersive DNA replication
2 DNA molecules are formed as mixtures/patchwork of both the Parent & Daughter DNA
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What enzyme is responsible for proofreading?
DNA polymerase
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What is the function of Telomeres and how can you identify them?
Telomeres act as caps to protect internal chromosomes. (prevent loss of genes) They are repetitive regions found at the end of some chromosomes 5'-TTAGGG-3'
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What is the function of Telomerase? How does it work?
Enzyme that prevents telomere shortening. Synthesis of telomeres by creating DNA by using RNA as a template
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Main idea of transcription
Copies DNA sequence from gene using RNA alphabet (A --> U) Creates mRNA
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What is gene expression?
Info from a gene is used to construct a protein
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What is RNA polymerase?
Uses single strand of DNA as template to synthesize a complimentary strand of RNA
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RNA polymerase vs DNA polymerase
DNA polymerase is the enzyme used in DNA replication whereas RNA polymerase is the enzyme used in transcription
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Describe initiation and the promoter region
Initiation is the first step in gene expression in which RNA polymerase separates the DNA into single strands at the promoter. Promoter - Tells RNA polymerase where to bind to
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Describe elongation and what information the RNA transcript contains
Elongation is when a complimentary (coding) strand is created from a template strand. The RNA transcript copies the coding strand swapping the T --> A.
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What are terminators?
Sequences on genes that signal the RNA polymerase to end the transcript
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Which strand does RNA transcript bind to?
Template strand
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What is the coding strand?
The complimentary strand
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Where is mRNA found?
Nucleus
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What is translation?
Converts information from mRNA into proteins at the ribosome
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What is the start codon?
AUG
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Define genetic code
Collection of the codon-amino acid relationships
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What is the central dogma?
Process of information flow from genes to proteins DNA -> RNA -> Proteins
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(Substitution Mutation) Silent mutations
Has no effect on the amino acid
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(Sub. Mutation) Nonsense mutations
Results in a stop codon where it shouldn't be
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(Sub. Mutation) Missense mutations
Changes the amino acid specified by the codon
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Frameshift mutations
Insertion or deletion of one or more bases
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What is an inducible operon?
A type of operon that is turned "off" until a small molecule called an inducer binds to it and turns it on.
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Describe lac operon
An inducible operon responsible for enzymes that metabolize sugar lactose
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What are repressible operons?
Type of operon that is turned "off" until small molecule called corepressor turns it on.
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Describe trp operon
Repressible operon responsible for enzyme that synthesizes amino acid tryptophan
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What is DNA Cloning and how does it work?
Identical copies of a piece of DNA Gene is cut from DNA strands and attached to a plasmid that is given to a bacteria to reproduce it.
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DNA Ligase
An enzyme that joins strands of DNA together

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