Pharmacogenomics - Quiz 4 Flashcards
What is pharmacogenomics?
Examinign inherited variations in genes tat determine a patient’s response to a drug
* Personalizing medications
What is the difference between dominant and recessive traits?
Dominant: Requires one copy of the allele from one parent
Recessive: Requires 2 copies, one from each parent
What is DNA?
Genetic infom that has 2 long chains of nucleotides joined by H bonds and twisted into a double helix
What is a nucleotide?
Subunit of nucleic acids DNA and RNA
What are the purines?
Adenine and guanine
What are the pyrimidines?
Thymine, cytosine, uracil
What is a chromosone?
A tightly packed structure within the cell nucleus consisting ofDNA and proteins
What is a gene?
A specific sequence of nucleotides that code for a single protein
What is an allele?
Specific form of a gene that has a wild or variants
What is a genotype?
Unique genes that deterine specific traits in an individual
What is a phenotype?
An observable trait that is expressed
What is a halotype?
DNA variatons that exist on the same chromosone and are inherited together
What is polymorphism?
An inherited variation in the DNA sequene
What is the most common genetic alteration in DNA?
SNPs
What is a SNP?
Change in a single base pair in the genetic sequence
Describe the characteristics of poor metabolizers?
- No enzyme actvity
- Drug levels increase due to less metabolism