Lecture 5 Flashcards
[Year] - [Scientist] concept of hereditary factor
-chemical composition was not yet known and understood
1865 - Gregor Mendel
[1930] - [Scientist]
2 view points about genes
1. Gene is just a hypothetical entity
2. Gene could be a chemical compound
R.A. Fisher
What are the three components that make up the chemical composition of a chromosome
Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleid
A component of chromosome found in interphase chromosomes, metaphase chromosomes, and nucleic matrix
Lipids
A type of protein which is responsible for packing the DNA (chromatid-chromosome)
Histones or Protamines
a type of protein that make up the scaffold upon which chromatin loops are anchored
Non-histone chromosomal protein
2 types of nucleic acid
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
RNA (ribonucleic acid)
DNA is the genetic material of all living organisms except for some _____
Viruses
genetic material of some viruses
RNA
What are the characteristics of a good genetic material according to H.J Miller
- Contain all the necessary biological information
- Mutation is duplicated
- Stable molecular structure with low frequency of mutation
- Can transmit information from one generation to another
- Stored information must be decoded and translated into action
- Can duplicate itself with extra fidelity
DNA can duplicate itself with extra fidelity, how many identical copies are produced during 1 round of replication that can be distributed during M phase?
2 identical copies
T or F: Mutation is not inherited and is no a source of variation
F: Opposite
1830s
Proteins: ___________
Proteios: “______”
Proteins: most important molecule
Proteios: “of first importance”
1860s F. Miescher
-Isolated molecule from nucleus: _______ while characterizing proteins from ______
nuclein
pus cells
1866 E. Haeckel
Discovered: most obvious cellular component of the cell is the
nucleus
1895 E. Wilson
Observed: important nuclear element handed from one cell to another cell is the ________
DNA
1928 F. Griffith
Conducted _______ experiment using Streptococcus pneumoniae
Two strains: _______ (R) stain and ______ (S) strain
transformation
Avirulent (R) stain and Virulent (S) stain
In 1928 during the transformation experiment of F. Griffith different set up showed that the _____ stain transformed into the _______ stain which declared the presence of the transforming principle
R stain transfromed into the S stai
what is transformation?
uptake of genetic material from the surroundings
Heat kills virulence of S cells. When injected to the mouse, it cause the mouse to become healthy. However, when mixed with living R cells, what occurs which cause the mouse to die?
transformation of R cells into S cells
1944 O. Avery, C. Macleod, and M. McCarty
identified the transforming principle (TP) as ______
DNA
1944 O. Avery, C. Macleod, and M. McCarty
When the transforming principle was treated with proteinases and RNAses ______________ retains hence TP is not protein nor RNA
transforming ability
1944 O. Avery, C. Macleod, and M. McCarty
When TP was treated to remove protein and RNA, the composition of substance left _________________ of ____________
matched composition of DNA
1952 A. Hershey and M. Chase
Proved: DNA is genetic material of ____________ (phages)
DNA is labeled with P32 while the protein coat is labeled with S35
bacterial viruses
What is the blender experiment?
Blender separates phages from bacteria after infection
P32 label was present in bacteria after phase infection
-Proves that DNA is injected into cell while protein coat remained outside
1952 N. Zinder, J. E. Lederberg
Performed __________ experiment on Salmonella typhimurium
transduction
What is transduction?
process wherein bacterial cell can take up DNA through recombination that was introduced by phages
-injection of DNA to the bacterial cell through phages
Main contributors of the elucidation of the DNA structure in 1953
F. Crick, J. Watson, R. Franklin, M. Wilkins
F. Crick
involved in development of ___________ and ______________
PHD: Xray studies on proteins
radar and magnetic mimes
J. Watson
-Child prodigy
-Did labeling of _________
phage DNA
M. Wilkins
-Worked on _________ of DNA
Xray diffraction
R. Franklin
-Expert on Xray diffraction technique
-Worked on Xray diffarction of DNA
-Captured famous _________ showing xray diffraction - provided essential information for developing a model of DNA
photograph 51
who shared the photo 51 and research to Crick and Watson without Franklin Knowing?
Wilkins
a process wherein xrays are projected towards a substance and the atoms in the substance would deflect the rays and create an image produced by the DNA molecule
Xray Diffraction
1951-1952 R. Franklin, Gosling, & M. Wilkins
-______ DNA structure (orientation)
-Sugar and Phosphate _______ (where)
-Nucleotides ______ (where)
helical
outside
inside
1953 J. Watson and F. Crick
________ helix (Single, Double, Triple) - From Pauling
Phosphate in __ (where) Fr
Triple
Center
early 1950
L. Pauling
_______ helix DNA (Single, Double, Triple)
Triple
J. Griffith
Nucleotides are ______ (shape) and placed _______ of each other
Calculations show possiblity of base pairing between A and T and C and G
Flat; atop
E. Chargaff
DNA of all cells contained ____ amounts of A and T and _____ amounts of C and G
equal
Chargaff’s Rule: Ratio of purine-pyrimidine is ______
evidence for specific pairing
1:1
J. Donohue
-________ in the bases can change its position
-Possibility for ________ bonding
H (hydrogen)
Hydrogen
DNA
molecular basis of ________-
_______ of all living organisms
double helix structure composed of a __________ backbone and ________ on the inside
heredity
genetic material
sugar-phosphate; base pairs or nitrogenous bases on the inside
DNA is a ____________ polymer with deoxyribonucleotides
nucleic acid
what are the monomers of DNA or nucleic acid
nucleotides
bonds that connect nucleotides
phosphodiester bonds
nucleoside is composed of two which are
sugar and nitrogen base
what is the sugar of DNA?
2-deoxyribose
Purines nitrogen bases
Guanine and Adenine (PUGA)
Pyrimidine Nitrogen Bases
Cytosine and Thymine (Not PUGA)
A nucleotide contains three which are
Phosphate Group
Sugar
Nitrogen Bases
give the negative charge of the DNA
Phosphate Group
Important for coiling into condensed structure; component of the DNA
phosphate group
what is the charge of histones?
Positive (they are positively charged proteins)
proteins that bind to DNA to coil it
histones
the sugar molecule, 2-deoxyribose is connected to the SUGAR molecule through a bond called
phosphoester bond
the sugar molecule, 2-deoxyribose is connected to the nitrogenous bases through a bond called
Beta-N-glycosidic bond or simply just glycosidic bond
difference between the sugar of DNA and RNA
DNA - nucleotide has 2 deoxyribose
RNA - only ribose sugar
no. of rings of
purine: ___________
pyrimidine: ________
purine: 1 ring
pyrimidine: 2 rings with the addition of U or Uracil
what is the bond between A and T
double bond
bond between C and G
triple bond
base pairs have similar structures: T or F?
True