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test 3: nucleic acid Flashcards

1
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what are the nitrogenous bases

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cytosine, thymine, uracil , adenine and guanine

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2
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what are the pyramidine bases

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cytosine, thymine, uracil

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3
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what are the purine bases

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adenine, guanine

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4
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what absorbance do all of the bases have

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260 nm

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5
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what is a common tautomeric form

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lactam(keto)

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6
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what is a rare tautomeric form

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lacti (enol)

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7
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what is a nucleoside

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base+ sugar

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8
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what is sugar

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D ribose or 2-deoxy-D ribose

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9
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what connects nucleosides to the base

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B-N-glycosidic bond

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10
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how is a nucleoside numbered

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1st number goes to where the base is attatched to the sugar and then 5 is HOCH2

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11
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what is a nucleotide

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nucleoside + phosphate
- phosphoric acid is extrified with an -OH of the monosacc either the 3’ or the 5’OH

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12
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what does esterified mean

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an acid reactions with an alcohol to make an ester

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13
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what is 3-5 cyclic adenosine monosphosphate (cyclic adenosinde monophosphate, cAMP)

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  • derived from ATP
  • used in intracellular signal transduction( signalingn) as a second messenger
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14
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wht does the 2nd messenger do in signal transduction

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amplifies the signal

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15
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wht are the bases for DNA and RNA

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dna: ATGC
RNA; AUGC

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16
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what are the nucleoside names based off of the base

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  1. adenine= adenosine
  2. guanine= guanosine
  3. cytosine= cytidine
  4. Uracil = uridine
  5. thymine = deoxythymidine
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17
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what is an example of a nucleoside/ tide in medicine

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  • antivirals
  • zidovudine = nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor
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18
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what does NRTI do

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used to treat HIv

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19
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zidovudine is what analog

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uracil

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20
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what is emtricitabine

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  • used for the treatment of HIV in adults
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21
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what analog is emtricitabine

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cytosine analaog

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22
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what contains minor bases in RNA

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tRNA

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23
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what does a methylated form of a major base mean in DNA

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  • role of regulating and protecting genetic info
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24
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what are the names of the xanthines

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hypoxanthine, inosine, xanthine

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25
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where is inosine found

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in tRNA for wobble base pairs

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26
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what structure is this

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hypoxanthine

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27
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what structure is this

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inosine
insoine = Hypoxanthine + ribose

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28
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what structue is this

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xanthine

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29
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what are polynucleotides

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  • nucleic acids
  • joined by phosphodiester linkage
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30
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what is the primary structure of dna and rna

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  • sequence read from 5’ to 3’ end
  • RNA: 5’-AUCG-3’ or AUGC
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31
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what bond is this showing

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phosphodiester bond

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32
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what structure is this

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phosphoester

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33
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what is RNA’s problem

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stability

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34
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what is RNA susecptible to

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base catalyzed hydrolysis

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35
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what makes RNA unstable

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  • 2 OH group
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36
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who examined base rations from bacteria and plants and founded chargaffs rules

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erwin chargaff

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37
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what was chargaffs rules

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A = T
G= C

38
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who discovered complementary base paiting

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watson and crick

39
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who did X ray fiber diffraction

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rosalind franklin

40
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who knew it was a helix

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francis crick

41
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what is the central dogma of biology by francis crick

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framework that dscribes the flow of genetic information
- dna to rna = trancription
-rna to protein = protein translation

42
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what are some characteristics of B DNA structure

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  • right hand helix
  • bases perpen to the helix axis
  • wide and deep major; narrow and deep minor
  • phosphate backbones on outside
  • pitch = 10 bases per turn = 34 angstroms
  • helix rise per basepair = 3.4
43
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what grooves does B DNA have

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  • wide and deep major, narrow and deep minor
44
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what is the pitch of B DNA

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  • 10 bases per turn = 34 angstroms
45
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what is the helix rise for B DNA

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  • 3.4 angstroms
46
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is B DNA antiparallel

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yes

47
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what is anti conformation in base

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the base is rotated away from the sugar

48
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what is syn conformaiton

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the base is rotated towards the sugar

49
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which one is syn which one is anti

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syn is on the left and anti is on the righ

50
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what structure is this

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a dna

51
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what dna is this

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b dna

52
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What type of groove does Z have

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major flat
minor: narrow and deep

53
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what tyeo of groove does A have

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major groove: narrow and deep
minor: wide and shallow

54
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what structure is the one on the far left

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Z dna

55
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what structure does RNA-RNA/ RNA DNA hybrids assume

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A dna like structure

56
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which occurs in alternating purine -

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z dna

pyramidine tracts and is favored in high salt conc

57
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what are telomeres

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the end of chromosomes

58
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what tyoe of dna does the telomers have

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tetraplex or quadruplex dna

59
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what does tetraplex or quadruplex dna have a role in

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  • transcription, telomere maintenence, dna recom
60
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what is the structure of rna

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  • single stranded
  • double helical regions that assume tupe A helix
61
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what structure is this

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rna

62
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describe the tertiary structure of tRNA

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  • cloverleaf secondary structure’- L or banana tertiary structure
63
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dna supercoling topology: what are the different super coiling

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positive and negative

64
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what is positive supercoiling

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  • dna DH is twisted in the same direction as the natural right handed helical twist
  • makes it tightly wound
65
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what is negative supercoiling

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  • dna is twisted in the opposite direction
  • easier to seprate strands for transcription and replication
66
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what supercpil do most natrual dna in cells use

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negative supercoil

67
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how does supercoiling occur in linear dna

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both strands are anchored

68
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what are the enzymes that affect dna superstructures

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  • topoisomerases
    -type 1 and type 2
69
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what does topoisomerase do

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  • relax or make supercoils in dna by causing a transient nick that is resealed
70
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what does type 1 do

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relax supercoils by breaking 1 strand( ssDNA) break

71
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what does type 2 do

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relax or make supercoil by breaking two strands

72
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where are topoisomerase inhibitors uesed

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in anticancer and antibacterial agents like quinolones

73
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what is the size of a human dna molecule

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3,200,000 Kb

74
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describe the dna in prok

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  • supercoiled circular dna that is bound to basic proteins = bacterial chromosomes in the nucleoid
75
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what is a separate small circular molecules that carries genes for their own replicaton adnd code for benefical enzymes like antibiotic degredation

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bacterial plasmids

76
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euk. package dna as what

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chromatin at normal stage of cell cycle; chromosomes when cells are ready to divide

77
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what is dna coiled around

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histone octamer called a nucleosome

78
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what are the types of histones

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H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 (2x)

79
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how many turns of dna arouund the nucleosome

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1.8

80
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what amino acids are histones rich in

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lysine and argine whose sides chains have a +Ve charge

81
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what charge is dna

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negative (-ve)

82
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what is the last histone

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H1

83
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what is the role of H1 histone

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  • linker histone
  • stabilizes the chromatin fiber
  • regulation of genes and chromatin
84
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which structure does not have jistones

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mitochondrial (mtDNA) and chloroplast DNA(ct DNA)

85
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what is mito and chloroplast dna used for

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forensic analysis when nuclear dna is too degraded

86
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what can damage dna

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UV irridation
thymine dimers(cyclobutyl dimers)
alkylation
HNO2

87
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what is alkylation

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causes dna mismatch mutations that can lad to cancer

88
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what are some alkylating agents

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  • mustard gas
    nitrogen mustard
89
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what does HNO2 do

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causes dna mismatch mutations
- food cured with NaNO2

90
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