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NUCLEOTIDES Flashcards

1
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Nitrogen bases present in both DNA and RNA

A

Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine

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2
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Nitrogen bases present in DNA only

A

Thymine

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3
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Nitrogen base present in RNA only

A

Uracil

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4
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Methylation of uracil makes this nitrogen base

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Thymine

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5
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This is the bond formed between NITROGENOUS base and pentose sugar of a nucleoside

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N-glycosidic linkage

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6
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This is the bond formed between pentose sugar and PHOSPHORYL group of a nucleotide

A

Ester bond

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7
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This bond allows the addition of more phosphoryl bonds at nucleotides to form di- and triphosphates

A

Anhydride bond

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8
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Most abundant free nucleotide in mammalian cell

A

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

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9
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Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides that are joined by this bond

A

3’-5’ phosphodiester bond

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10
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Sequence of writing the bases of a DNA

A

From 5’ end → 3’ end

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11
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Determinant of the melting point of DNA

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Number of G-C bonds

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12
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Orientation of DNA strands

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Antiparallel

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13
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States that the number of purines = number of pyrimidines

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Chargaff’s rule

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14
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All types of DNA are right-handed except this type of DNA

A

Z-DNA (left-handed)

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15
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Most common form of DNA physiologically (well-hydrated and w/ low salt concentration)

A

B-DNA

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16
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Type of DNA found in low humidity and high salt concentration

17
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Type of DNA mostly seen in 5’ end of chromosomes

18
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Most abundant chromatin protein

19
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Histone seen in the linker region

20
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Composition of the histone octomer (core histones)

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Pairs of H2A, H2B, H3, H4

21
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Source of negative charge of DNA

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Phosphate groups

22
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Source of positive charge of histones

A

Lysine (H3, H4) Arginine (H2A, H2B)

23
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Represents the “beads on a string” appearance on electron microscopy

A

10-nm chromatin fibril

24
Q

DNA is wrapped by around the histone octomer by this amount

A

1.75 times

25
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Condensation of DNA to form chromosomes occur during this phase of mitosis

26
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The highly condensed chromatin seen in electron microscopy, which is transcriptionally inactive

A

Heterochromatin

27
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The less condensed chromatin seen in electron microscopy, which is transcriptionally active

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Euchromatin

28
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Most heterogeneous RNA

29
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Most abundant RNA

30
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RNA containing significant proportions of nucleosides with unusual bases

31
Q

RNAs responsible for gene expression regulation

A

snRNA
miRNA
siRNA
lncRNA

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