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Molbio Lec Unit 2 Flashcards

1
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True or False: Organisms contain genetic material that governs an individual is characteristics and is transferred from progeny to parent

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False: parent to progeny

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It is the genetic material of all living organisms and some viruses

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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3
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It is the genetic material of certain viruses

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Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

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TRUE OR FALSE: In prokaryotes and eukaryotes, the DNA is may be double-or-single stranded DNA or RNA, where as viruses the genetic material is always double stranded

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FALSE: In prokaryotes and eukaryotes, the DNA is always double stranded, where as viruses the genetic material may be double-or-single stranded DNA or RNA

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5
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Four nitrogen bases of DNA

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Adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine

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6
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Four nitrogen bases of RNA

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Adenine, cytosine, guanine, uracil

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7
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These are the units of measure for nucleic acids

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Nt/bp

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8
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It is the unit of length for single-stranded nucleic acids

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nt

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9
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It is the unit of length for double-stranded nucleic acids

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Base pairs (bp)

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10
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Three major types of DNA

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Right handed A- DNA
Right handed B- DNA
Left handed Z- DNA

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11
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It is a macromolecule made of nucleotides bound together by the phosphate and hydroxyl groups on their sugars

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NUCLEIC ACIDS

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12
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Are the products of transcription and translation of the nucleic acids

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PROTEINS

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13
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Is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses

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DNA

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14
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3 components of DNA

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Deoxyribose (a pentose sugar)
Base (adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine)
Phosphate

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15
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4 different levels of DNA

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Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary

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16
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Nucleoside + phosphate =?

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Nucleotide

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17
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What are the purine nucleosides?

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Adenosine
Guanosine

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18
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Pyrimidine nucleosides

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Cytidine
Uridine

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19
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This type of DNA is biologically the most common

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B-DNA

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20
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The ideal B-DNA has ___ base pairs per turn ( _____ rotation of helix)

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10 base pairs; 360 degrees

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21
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Base pairs of B-DNA are _____ nm apart

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0.34 nm

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22
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Minor groove is narrow, shallow
Major groove is wide, deep

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B- DNA

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23
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This type of DNA is the most stable

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B-DNA

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24
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This structure exists when plenty of water surrounds molecule

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B-DNA

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25
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Wider and flatter than B-DNA

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A-DNA

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26
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11 base pairs per turn

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A-DNA

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27
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Minor groove: broad shallow
Major groove: Narrow and deep

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A- DNA

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28
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Observed when less water is present

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A-DNA

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29
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A-DNA has been observed in two context:

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  1. Active site of DNA polymerase (~3bp)
  2. Gram (+) bacteria undergoing sporulation
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30
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Seen in high salt concentrations

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Z-DNA

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31
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12 base pairs per turn

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Z-DNA

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32
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Minor groove: deep
Major groove: none

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Z-DNA

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33
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Distance between adjacent base of A-DNA

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0.23 nm

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34
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Distance between adjacent bases of Z-DNA

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0.38 nm

35
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Is a polymer of ribonucleotides linked together by phosphodiester linkage

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RNA

36
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3 main component of RNA

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Phosphate group
Sugar ( ribose)
Nitrogenous base

37
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It is made of a 6 member ring, fused to a 5 member ring

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Purines

38
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What are the purines

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Adenine
Guanine

39
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Made of a 6 member ring

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Pyrimidine

40
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What are the pyrimidine in RNA

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Cytosine
Uracil

41
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True or False:
Adenine forms 3 hydrogen bonds with Uracil. Similarly, Guanine is bonded with Cytosine with 2 hydrogen bonds

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False:
Adenine forms 2 hydrogen bonds with Uracil. Similarly, Guanine is bonded with Cytosine with 3 hydrogen bonds

42
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Key activator of innate immune response

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Double stranded RNA (dsRNA)

43
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These are regions held together by hydrogen bonds

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Complementary regions

44
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This region have bases projecting away from double stranded regions

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Non complementary regions

45
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Types of RNA

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Messenger RNA
Transfer RNA
Ribosomal RNA

46
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The 5’ terminal end is capped by 7-methyl guanosine triphosphate cap

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Messenger RNA

47
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It stabilizes mRNA by protecting it from 5’ exonuclease

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MRNA

48
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Messenger RNA:
The ____ is involved in the recognition of mRNA

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Cap

49
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Messenger RNA:
The ____ prevents the attack by 3’ exonucleases

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The tail

50
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It is the smallest RNA

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Transfer RNA (t-RNA)

51
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They have 74-95 nucleotide residues

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Transfer RNA

52
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Transfer RNA: they transfer the amino acids from ___ cytoplasm to the protein synthesizing machinery

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Cytoplasm

53
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TransferRNA are also called _____ is the only RNA species that contains the ______

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Adapter molecules tRNA; nucleoside thymidine

54
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What kind of structure is that The nucleotide sequence of all the tRNA molecules allows extensive intrasand complementarity that generates a secondary structure

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Primary structure

55
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This type of structure: each single tRNA shows extensive internal base pairing and acquires a clover leaf like structure

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Secondary structure

56
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What are under the secondary structure

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Acceptor arm
Anticodon arm

57
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The L shaped tertiary structure is formed by further folding of the clover leaf due to hydrogen bonds between _____ and _____ arms

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T and D ARMS

58
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Is the RNA component of the ribosome

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Ribosomal ribonucleic acid

59
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Tertiary structure of trna constitutes the predominant material within the ribosome, which is approximately ____ and _____ by weight

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60% rRNA
40% PROTEIN

60
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The ribosomal RNAs form two subunits, the ____ and ______

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Large subunit
Small subunit

61
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This type of subunit acts as a ribozyme, catalyzing _____

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LSU; peptide bond formation

62
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Major types of small RNA molecules

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Small nuclear RNA
Small nucleolar RNA
Micro RNA and short interfering RNA

63
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THIS TYPE OF SMALL RNA IS INVOLVED IN MRNA SPLICING

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Small nuclear RNA

64
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This type of small RNA molecule directs the modification of ribosomal RNAs

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Small nucleolar RNA (SNORNA)

65
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This type of small RNA molecule regulates gene expression

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Micro RNA and short interfering RNA

66
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Anticancer drugs

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5-bromouridine (5BrdU)
Cytosine arabinoside (ara-C)

67
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Antiviral therapy

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HIV-AIDS (retrovir, AZT)
HERPES AND VARICELLA ACYCLOVIR, ZOVIRAX

68
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It is an organic chemical compound related to another by substitution of atoms with other groups

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Analogue

69
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Are prepared by altering the base ring or sugar moeity

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Nucleotide analogues

70
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Anti-tumor agents used in chemotherapy
- interfere with the synthesis of DNA and thereby preferentially kill rapidly dividing cells such as tumor cell

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6-mercaptopurine
5-fluorouracil

71
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Anti-viral drugs

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AZT (azidothymidine or zidovudine) - HIVE
Lamivudine ____ hepatitis b

72
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Is a structural analogue of hypoxanthine is used to treat gout

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Allopurinol

73
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The drug is an inhibitor of the enzyme xanthine oxidase which converts hypoxanthine to uric acid

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Allopurinol

74
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Biomedical importance of nucleotides

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Metabolic regulators such as cAMP
CTP and UTP are used in the production of biomolecules
Synthetic analogues used in medicine

75
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The genetic material of prokaryotes is ___

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Double stranded DNA

76
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The complete set of metaphase chromosomes in a eukaryotic cell is

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Karyotype

77
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True or false: the histones are constant from cell to cell within an organism, whereas non histones vary significantly between cell types

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True

78
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True or false: the more condensed a region of a chromosome is, the less likely it is that the genes in that regions will be active

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True

79
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True or false: Prokaryotic genomes consist mostly of unique DNA sequences, they only have a few repeated sequences and genes. Eukaryotes gave both unique and repetitive sequences in the genome

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True

80
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Is the process of copying genetic information in DNA into RNA

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Transcription

81
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Recognition factors

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Initiation
Elongation
Termination

82
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In___, DNA replication occurs in the S phase of the cell cylce and is biochemically and molecularly similar to replication in projaryotes

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Eukaryotes

83
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In____, DNA replication begins at a single replication origin and proceeds bidirectionally

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Prokaryotes

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