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1
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What are pathogenic factors which cause diseases?

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Exogenous stimuli and endogenous defects capable of altering the homeostatic condition

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What is ethology?

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Discipline that studies the causes of diseases

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3
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What is pathigenesis?

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Mechanism of action by which the causes act

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What is a disease?

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Detectable deviation of the homeostatic condition

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5
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2 kinds of etiological factors

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Intrinsic (genetic)
Acquired (extrinsic)

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4 kind of causes for extrinsic etiological factors

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Physical
Chemical
Food
Biological

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7
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2 diseases related only to genetic factors

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Muscular dystrophy
Haemophilia

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8
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What are most diseases classified as?

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Multifactoral

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9
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Example of multifactorial diseases (3)

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Cancer
Diabetes
Cardiovascular diseases

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Example of cancer which is genetic and what gene is effected

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Breast cancer (BRACA1 gene)

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Example of cancer which is due to exogenous factors

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Lung cancer

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12
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What is epidemiology?

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Diseases studied at the level of population

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13
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What is clinical medicine?

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Diseases studied at the level of individual

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14
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What is pathophysiology?

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Diseases studied at the level of organ or system

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15
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What is histopathology?

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Dieseases studied at the level of tissue

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16
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What is cytopathology?

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Diseases studied at the level of cells

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17
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What is biochemistry?

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Diseases studied at the level of organelles

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18
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What is molecular biology?

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Diseases studied at the level of genes

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19
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What is biophysics?

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Diseases studied at the level of molecules

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20
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What is a proteasome?

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Multiprotein complex involved in the degradation of the polypeptides within a cell

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21
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What is the molecule of life?

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DNA

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22
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Length of DNA present in a cell

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2 m

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23
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How many billions base pairs in DNA present in a cell?

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3.2 bill

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24
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Name of the 2 arms of DNA

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P arm
Q arm

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25
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Name of the transcriptionally inactive chromatin

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Heterochormotin (dark)

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26
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Name of the transcriptionally active chromatin

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Euchromatin (light)

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27
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5 levels of DNA condensation

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Double helix DNA
Chromatin: DNA strand with histones
Chromatin condensed during interphase
Chromatin condensation during prophase
Chrimosomes during metaphase

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28
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How many genes are present in a cell?

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About 30,000

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29
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How many types of polymerase are found in a cell?

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3

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30
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2 types of class II genes

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Constitutive genes
Inducible genes

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31
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What is a basal promotor

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The shortest sequence by which RNA polymerase II can initiate transcription

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32
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What are inducible promote ?

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Response elements

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33
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What are heat shock protein caused by?

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Internal stress

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34
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What is HSF?

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Heat shock factor

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35
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What is HSP

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Heat shock protein

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36
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Synthesis of which proteins is increased when induced to stress?

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Heat shock factor

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37
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What are the 2 steps in transcription regulation?

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Changes in the local structure of the gene
The basal transcription apparatus bind to the promotor

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38
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3 domains in transcription factor domains

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Dimerization domain (some dimer factor)
DNA-binding domain
Activation domain

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39
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What do enhancers do?

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Influence the activity of the promote

40
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Where can regulatory sequences be located?

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Variable distances from the gene, upstream or downstream and in both orientation

41
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What is methylation?

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Addition of a methyl group

42
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What does methylation typically suppress?

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Gene expression

43
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How does methylation typically suppress gene expression?

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By increasing the interaction between DNA and histones

44
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What do acetylation and deacetylation do?

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Regulate gene expression

45
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How does methylation of DNA and histones eggiest nucleosomes?

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Cause them to pack tightly

46
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How many genes encode for miRNA?

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About 1000

47
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What is the enzyme called that can cut the RNA?

48
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3 types of cells on the basis of replicators potential

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Labile
Stable
Permanent

49
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What are labile cells?

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Continuously dividing/proliferating

50
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Example of labile cells

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Epithelial cells
Haemopoietic stem cell

51
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What are stable cells?

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Can divide but not constantly

52
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Example of stable cells

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Epithelial cells
Smooth muscle cells
Fibroblast
Endothelial cells

53
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What are permanent cells?

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Non-dividing/proliferating cells

54
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Example of permanent cells

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Cardiac and skeletal myocytes
CNS neurons

55
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!How long does it take for a cell to divide?!

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Varies from cell to cell but the mean value is 24 hours

56
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!How many red blood cells present in the human body?!

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5-6 million per mm^3

57
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How long does DNA replication take?

58
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How long does mitosis take?

59
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Fundamental mechanisms regulating the cell cycle consists of the activity of which 2 protein complexes?

A

Cyclin
Cycline-dependant kinases (CDK)

60
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Why are cyclins called cyclins?

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Because they are synthesised and degraded in the process

61
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Which amino acids can be phosphorylated?

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Tyrosine (most important)
Serine
Threonine

62
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2 examples for inhibit kinases (INK)

63
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pH of blood

64
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What kind of RNA is polymerase I (nucleol)?

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Ribosomal RNA

65
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What kind of RNA is polymerase II (nucleplasm)?

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Messenger RNA

66
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What kind of RNA is polymerase III (nucleoplasm)?

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RNA transfer

67
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What is a promoter?

A

DNA seq that regulate transcription

68
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What is an enhancer?

A

Reinforcement element

69
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What kind of structure does an enhancer have?

69
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What kind of structure does a promoter have?

70
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What kind of sequence does promoter have?

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Common and specific

71
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What kind of localisation does enhancer have?

72
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What does an inducible promoter contain?

A

Basal sequences and specific response elements

73
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What is a basal promoter?

A

Shortest seq which RNA polymerase ii can initiate transcription

74
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What does basal promoter contain?

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Common or constructive regulatory seq.

75
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What is the function of basal promoter?

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Allow correct localisation of starting complex to regulate efficiency of transcription

76
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What does the basal transcription apparatus RNA polymerase ii require to initiate transcription?

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Ancillary factors

77
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What type of transcriptional factors one binds to specific sequences?

78
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Which transcriptional factors are not specific to particular genes?

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Constitutive

79
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Which transcriptional factors constitute basal apparatus for transcription?

A

Constitutive

80
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Which transcriptional factors are only able to bind to target seq in activated form?

81
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Which 2 properties must transcription factors have?

A

Recognise specific localised target seq. in promoters, enhancer or other reg elements
Interact w/ RNA polymerase or other transcriptional factors

82
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What is gene expression associated with?

A

DNA demethylation

83
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What happens if there is methylation close to a promoter?

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Absence of transcription

84
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What is histone methylation?

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Methyl group is transferred to AA of histone proteins

85
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What decides if there is an increase or decrease in transcription of genes after histone methylation?

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Which AA is methylated and how many groups are attached

86
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Where does methylation usually take place?

A

R residues of Arg and Lys at N-terminal end of histones

87
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What effect does it have that methylation usually suppresses gene expression?

A

Increases the interaction between DNA and histones

88
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In what areas is acetylation increased?

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Areas containing active genes

89
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What is deacetylation a prerequsite for?

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Condensed and inactive structure

90
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What cuts RNAds into smaller fragments (19-21 bp)?

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The enzyme DICER

91
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What does the fundamental mechanism regulating cellcycle consist of?

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Activity of protein complex formed by cyclin and cyclin-dependant kinases (CDK)

92
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2 chromatin remodelling factors

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Histone deacetylases
Histone Methyltransferase

93
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What happens to chromatin when RB is hypophosphorylated?

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Compact and inhibiting possibility of transcription

94
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What happens to chromatin when RB is phosphorylated?

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Chromatin is accessible to transcriptional factors including E2F for transcription of S-phase genes

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