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Introduction To DNA Flashcards

1
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Heterochromatin

A

Dark part of nucleus
Genes not expressed
DNA in solenoid

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Euchromatin

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Light part in nucleus
Genes expressed
Beads on a string

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DNA packaging

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DNA wound around histone core of nucleosome
Joined together by linker DNA of nucleosome
Beads on a string then made into a solenoid

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4
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Genes

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Carry code for proteins
Have chromosomal location (stretch of gene)
Have about 25,000 genes

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5
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Genome

A 
Entries DNA sequence
24 chromosomes (22 plus 2 sex chromosomes)
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6
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DNA structure - Nucleotide

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Base
Ribose sugar
Phosphate

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7
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DNA structure - Nucleoside

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Base

Ribose sugar

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8
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Purines

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2 rings

Adenine and guanine

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9
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Pyrimidine

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1 ring
Cytosine
Thymine

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10
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Polynucleotide

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Nucleotides joined by phosphodiester bond

5’ (P) to 3’ (OH)

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Base pairing

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Amine group of base of one nucleotide forms H bonds with C=O of base of opposite nucleotide

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12
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Base pairing

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G-C has 3 H bonds
A-T has 2 H bonds
A-U has 2 H bonds

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13
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Secondary structure

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Strands are complementary and anti-parallel

Right handed double helix

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14
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Cell cycle

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Cell division
G1 - cell content replication
S - DNA replication
G2 - double check and repair

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15
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DNA replication

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Semi-conservative model
Catalysed by DNA polymerase
2 phosphates are released for each nucleotide added
Driven by pyrophosphate hydrolysis
Chain growth 5’ to 3’
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16
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DNA replication - initiation

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Uses DNA polymerase
Requires kick start from primase
Reads 3’ to 5’

17
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DNA replication - elongation

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DNA polymerase moves along template strand and a new strand is formed
Lagging strand formed in Okazaki fragments to ensure 5’ to 3’
DNA ligase joins Okazaki fragments
Helicase unwinds

18
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DNA replication - termination

A

Many replication forks along DNA

When 2 facing replication forks meet, DNA ligase joins final fragments

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