Nucleic Acid Structure and DNA replication and repair

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Reverse transcriptase is an

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RNA-dependent DNA polymerase that requires an RNA template

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DNA polymerases β and ε participate in

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DNA repair

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Nucleosides are formed by

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Covalently linking a base to the number 1 Carbon of a sugar

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Hydroxyl group found on

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3’ end

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Repair enzymes for Thymine dimers

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DNA polymerase

DNA ligase

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ATM is inactivated in

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Ataxia telangiectasia

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G₁ phase is

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Period of cellular growth preceding DNA synthesis

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Nucleotides consist of

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Nitrogenous base

Five-carbon sugar (pentose)

Phosphate

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Nucleic acids read in what direction

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5’ to 3’

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Phosphate group found on

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5’ end

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Translation goes from

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RNA to Protein

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Thymine dimers caused by

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UV radiation

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Recognition/excision enzyme for Cytosine deamination

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Uracil glycosylase AP endonuclease

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Nucleotides are joined together by

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3’, 5’ - phosphodiester bonds

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What polymerase begins synthesizing DNA in 5’ to 3’ direction

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DNA polymerase 3

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Recognition/excision enzymes for thymine dimers

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Excision endonuclease

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Guanine binds

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triple bond with Cytosine

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DNA synthesis occurs in what direction

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5’ to 3’

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Nucleotides are formed by

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one or more phosphate groups attaches to the 5’ carbon of nucleoside

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DNA polyermase α and δ work together to

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synthesize both leading and lagging strands in Eukaryotic DNA

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Exonuclease works

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Mispaired deoxynucleotide removal

3’ to 5’

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DNA replications occurs in

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S phase

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Pyrimidines are

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1 ringed base consists of

Cytosine

Uracil

Thymine

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Recognition/excision enzymes for mismatched base

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A mutation on one of two genes: hMSH2 or hMLH1, initiates defective repair of DNA mismatches resulting in a condition known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer HNPCC

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What enzymes change the amount of supercoiling of DNA

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Topoisomerases

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Basic packaging unit of chromatin is

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The nucleosome

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Transcriptions goes from

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DNA to RNA

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Excision endonuclease deficient in

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Xeroderma pigmentosum

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Adenosine binds

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Double bond to Thymine

Double bond to Uracil in RNA

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Mismatched repair enzymes

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DNA polymerase

DNA ligase

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Cytosine deamination repair enzymes

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DNA polymerase

DNA ligase

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DNA polymerase γ replicates

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mitochondrial DNA

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Uric acid and xanthine are

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Purine metabolite

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Purines are

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2 ringed base inculdes:

Adenine

Guanine

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Chargaff’s rules

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%A = %T (%U)

%G = %C

% purines = % pyrimidines