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is an unbranched polymer containing the monomer units called nucleotides

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NUCLEIC ACIDS

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2 TYPES OF NUCLEIC ACIDS

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DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID(DNA)
RIBONUCLEIC ACID(RNA)

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IS A NUCLEIOTIDE POLYMER IN WHICH EACH OF THE MONOMERS CONTAINS DEOXYRIBOSE, A PHOSPHATE GROUP, AND ONE OF THE HETEROCYCLIC BASES ADENINE, CYTOSINE, GUANINE OR THYMINE

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DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID(DNA)

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IS A NUCLEOTIDE POLYMER IN WHICH EACH OF THE MONOMERS CONTAINS RIBOSE, A PHOSPHATE GROUP, AND ONE OF THE HETEROCYCLIC BASES ADENINE, CYTOSINE, GUANINE OR URACIL

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RIBONUCLEIC ACID(RNA)

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A SWISS PHYSIOLOGIST, DISCOVERED NUCLEIC ACIDS IN 1869 WHILE STUDYING THE NUCLEI OF WBC

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FRIEDRICH MIESCHER

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COINED DNA MOLECULE AS THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOUBLE HELIX STRUCTURE

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JAMES DEWEY WATSON
FRANCIS CRICK

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TYPE OF STRAND OF DNA

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DOUBLE HELIX WITH ANTI-PARALLEL AND COMPLEMENTARY STRAND

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TYPE OF STRAND OF RNA

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SINGLE STRAND

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LENGTH OF STRAND OF RNA

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SHORTER

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LENGTH OF STRAND OF DNA

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LONGER

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LOCATION OF DNA

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FOUND IN NUCLEUS, WITH A SMALL AMOUNT ALSO PRESENT IN MITOCHONDRIA

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LOCATION OF RNA

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FORMS IN NUCLEOLUS, AND THEN MOVES TO SPECIALIZED REGIONS OF THE CYTOPLASM DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF RNA FORMED

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PRIMARY FUNCTION OF DNA

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REPLICATES AND STORES OR THE BLUEPRINT GENETIC INFORMATION

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PRIMARY FUNCTION OF RNA

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CONVERTS THE GENETIC INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN DNA TO A FORMAT USED TO BUILD PROTEINS

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CONVERTS THE GENETIC INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN DNA TO A FORMAT USED TO BUILD PROTEINS

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RNA

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REPLICATES AND STORES OR THE BLUEPRINT GENETIC INFORMATION

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DNA

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SUGAR UNIT OF DNA

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DEOXYRIBOSE

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SUGAR UNIT OF RNA

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RIBOSE

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LESSER OXYGEN

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DEOXYRIBOSE

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6 MEMBERED RING

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PYRIMIDINE

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DOUBLE RING STRUCTURE

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PURINE

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[PURINE OR PYRIMIDINE]

ADENINE

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PURINE

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[PURINE OR PYRIMIDINE]

GUANINE

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PURINE

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[PURINE OR PYRIMIDINE]

CYTOSINE

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PYRIMIDINE

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[PURINE OR PYRIMIDINE]

URACIL

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PYRIMIDINE

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[PURINE OR PYRIMIDINE]

THYMINE

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PYRIMIDINE

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PHOSPHATE+NITROGENOUS BASE

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NUCLEOTIDE

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SUGAR+NITROGENOUS BASE

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NUCLEOSIDE

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BUILDING BLOCK OF DNA AND RNA

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NUCLEOTIDE

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NUCLEOSIDE OF ADENINE IN DNA

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DEOXYADENOSINE

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NUCLEOTIDE OF ADENINE IN DNA

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DEOXYADENOSINE 5’-MONOPHOSPHATE (dAMP)

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NUCLEOTIDE OF GUANINE IN DNA

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DEOXYGUANOSINE 5’-MONOPHOSPHATE

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NUCLEOSIDE OF GUANINE IN DNA

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DEOXYGUANOSINE

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NUCLEOSIDE OF CYTOSINE IN DNA

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DEOXYCYTIDINE

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NUCLEOTIDE OF CYTOSINE IN DNA

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DEOXYCYTIDINE 5’-MONOPHOSPHATE

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NUCLEOSIDE OF THYMINE IN DNA

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DEOXYTHYMIDINE

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NUCLEOTIDE OF THYMINE IN DNA

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DEOXYTHYMIDINE 5’-MONOPHOSPHATE

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NUCLEOSIDE OF ADENINE IN RNA

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ADENOSINE

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NUCLEOTIDE OF ADENINE IN RNA

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ADENOSINE 5’-MONOPHOSPHATE

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NUCLEOSIDE OF URACIL IN RNA

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URIDINE

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NUCLEOTIDE OF URACIL IN RNA

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URIDINE 5’-MONOPHOSPHATE

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NUCLEOSIDE OF CYTOSINE IN RNA

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CYTIDINE

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NUCLEOTIDE OF CYTOSINE IN RNA

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CYTIDINE 5’-MONOPHOSPHATE

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NUCLEOSIDE OF GUANINE IN RNA

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GUANOSINE

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NUCLEOTIDE OF GUANINE IN RNA

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GUANOSINE 5’-MONOPHOSPHATE

46
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PHOSPHATE GROUP THAT LINKS 5’ NUCLEOTIDE AND 3’ NUCLEOTIDE

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PHOSPHODIESTER BOND

47
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what happen to purine-purine base pairing?

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they overlap

48
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four possible purine-pyrimidine combinations

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A-T, A-C, G-T and G-C

note: A-T and G-C are the most favorable hydrogen-bonding

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[TRUE OR FALSE]

A and T are NOT always equal

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FALSE

note: A and T present are always equal

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[TRUE OR FALSE]

The two strands of DNA in a double helix are NOT IDENTICAL

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TRUE

note: they are complementary

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ARE STRANDS OF DNA IN A DOUBLE HELIX WITH BASE PAIRING SUCH THAT EACH BASE IS LOCATED OPPOSITE ITS COMPLEMENTARY BASE

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COMPLEMENTARY STRAND

e.g. whenever G occurs in one strand, there is a C in the other strand; whenever T occurs in one strand, there is an A in the other strand. HOWEVER, WITH RNA THE BASE A IS PAIRED WITH ‘U’ NOT WITH ‘T’

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WHAT IS THE NATURE OF PURINE AND PYRIMIDINE?

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HYDROPHOBIC IN NATURE

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the most common or principal form of the DNA double helix that occurs in nature

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B-DNA

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a form of a DNA double helix characterized by having fewer residues per turn and major and minor grooves with dimensions that are more similar to each other than those of B-DNA

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A-DNA

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Found as artifact of DNA preparation or dehydrated B-DNA samples

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A-DNA

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has been seen to occur naturally under certain circumstances

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Z-DNA

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has zigzag look

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Z-DNA

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helix turn of A-DNA

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right handed it winds in the direction of the fingers of the right hand as the thumb is placed upward

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helix turn of B-DNA

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right handed it winds in the direction of the fingers of the right hand as the thumb is placed upward

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helix turn of Z-DNA

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Left handed it winds in the direction of the fingers of the left hand as the thumb is placed upward

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[Major Groove]

A-DNA

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narrow and deep

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[Major Groove]

B-DNA

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wide and deep

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[Major Groove]

Z-DNA

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flat

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[Minor Groove]

A-DNA

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wide and shallow

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[Minor Groove]

B-DNA

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Narrow and Deep

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[Minor Groove]

Z-DNA

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Narrow and Deep

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Number of base pairs per helical turn of A-DNA

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11

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Number of base pairs per helical turn of B-DNA

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10

69
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Number of base pairs per helical turn of Z-DNA

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12

70
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A-DNA is present mostly in…

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DNA-RNA hybrids or RNA-RNA double stranded regions

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B-DNA is present mostly in…

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chromosomal DNA

72
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Z-DNA is present mostly in…

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sequence of alternating purines and pyrimidines

ex. polyGC like dCpGpCpGpCpG

73
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what does eukaryote form?

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chromatin

74
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contains one long, linear molecule of dsDNA, which is bound to a complex mixture proteins(histone and non-histone) to form chromatin

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eukaryote

75
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have closed, circular DNA molecules in their mitochondria, as do plant chloroplasts

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Eukaryotes

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It typically contains a single, double-stranded, supercoiled, circular chromosome

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Prokaryotic organism

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Each prokaryotic chromosome is associated with non-histone proteins that can condense the DNA to form?

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nucleoid

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Most species of bacteria(prokaryotes) also contains small, circular, extrachromosomal DNA molecules called.

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Plasmids

79
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What does it form if the strands are underwound?

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negative supercoils

80
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What does it form if the strands are overwound?

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Positive supercoils

81
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Underwound duplex DNA has _____ than the normal number of turns

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fewer

82
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Overwound DNA has _____ than the normal number of turns

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more

83
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Is analogous twisting or untwisting a rope so that it is torsionally stresses

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DNA supercoiling

84
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Introduces a torsional stress that favors the unwinding of the right handed B-DNA double helix

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Negative supercoiling

85
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It favors overwinding of helix

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Positive supercoiling

86
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[TRUE OR FALSE]

Naturally occuring circular DNA is positively supercoiled

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FALSE

note: it only becomes positively supercoiled during replication

87
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Enzymes that are involved in changing the supercoiles state of DNA

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Topoisomerase

88
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2 Types of Topoisomerase

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Class I Topoisomerase
Class II Topoisomerase

89
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Type of Topoisomerase that cut the phosphodiester backbone of one strand of DNA, pass the other end through, and then reseal the backbone

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Class I Topoisomerase

90
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Type of Topoisomerase that cut both strands of DNA, pass some of the remaining DNA helix between the cut ends, and then reseal

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Class II Topoisomerase

91
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is a bacterial topoisomerase that introduces negative supercoils into DNA

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DNA gyrase

92
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carries genetic information, and undergoes replication that may or may not synchronized to chromosomal division

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Plasmid DNA

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Principal proteins in chromatin

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Histones

94
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Five types of Histones

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H1, H2A, H2B, H3 and H4

95
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The DNA is tightly bound to all the types of histone except

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H1

96
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What do you call the bead-like on a string?

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Nucleosome

97
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consisting of DNA wrapped around a histone core

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Nucleosome

98
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complex of DNA and protein found in eukaryotic nuclei

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chromatin

99
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is an individual DNA molecule bound to a group of proteins

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Chromosomes

100
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Percentage of Chromosomes by mass DNA

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15%

101
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Percentage of Chromosomes by Mass Proteins

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85%

102
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It facilitates the conversion of heterogenous nuclear RNA to messenger RNA

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snRNA

103
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known as RNA directed to DNA polymerase

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Reverse Transcriptase

104
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complexes of DNA plus proteins (collectively known as shelterin) located at the end s of linear chromosomes.

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Telomere

105
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the product of helicase after unzipping the mother DNA

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replication fork

106
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the one who unzips the mother DNA

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DNA helicase

107
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The strand that grows continously

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Leading Strand

108
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The strand that is synthesized in small segments

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Lagging strand

109
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short segments, as the DNA unwinds

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Okazaki Fragments

110
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discoverer of Okazaki Fragments

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Reiji Okazaki

111
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The breaks or gaps in daugther strand

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Nicks

112
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influence the unwinding of DNA double helix, and the hydrogen bond between complementary bases are broken

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DNA Helicase

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