TOPIC 12= GENE EXPRESSION Flashcards

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GENE EXPRESSION?

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PROCESS WHERE DNA DIRECTS PROTEIN MAKING

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TRANSCRIPTION?

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FIRST STAGE OF GENE EXPRESSION TO MAKE MESSENGER RNA FROM DNA

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TRANSLATION?

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MAKING OF POLYPEPTIDE USING INFORMATION IN MRNA

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TEMPLATE STRAND?

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PROVIDES TEMPLATE FOR SEQUENCE OF COMPLEMENTARY NUCLEOTIDES IN MRNA TRANSCRIPT

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NON TEMPLATE STRAND?

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NUCLEOTIDES OF THIS STRAND ARE INDENTICAL TO CODONS OF MRNA

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HOW ARE CODONS READ?

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5 TO 3

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RNA POLYMERASE?

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PRODUCES RNA COMPLEMENTARY TO DNA TEMPLATE STRAND

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PROMOTOR?

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START POINT FOR TRANSCRIPTION

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TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION COMPLEX?

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COMPLETED ASSEMBLY OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AND RNA POLYMERASE BOUND TO PROMOTOR

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ELONGATION?

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UNTWISTS DOUBLE HELIX, GROWING STRAND OF RNA

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TERMINATION?

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WHERE IT STOPS, DONE BY POLY A, IN EUKARYOTES TRANSCRIPTION OCCURS 10 TO 35 UNITS PAST THIS THING

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TRANSFER RNA (LLAMA)?

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BRINGS AA TO GROWING POLYPEPTIDE IN RIBOSOME

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ANTICODON?

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BASE PAIRS W COMPLEMENTARY CODON ON MRNA

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3 BINDING SITES IN RIBOSOME?

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  1. A SITE= HOLDS TRNA THAT CARRIES NEXT AA TO BE ADDED
  2. P SITE= HOLDS TRNA THAT CARRIES THE CREATED POLYPEPTIDE
  3. E SITE= WHERE THEY EXIT
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GERM LINE MUTATION?

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IN EGG AND CAN BE PASSED TO OFFSPRING

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MUTAGEN?

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PHYSICAL/CHEM AGENT THAT CAUSE MUTATIONS EX: DRUGS, X RAY, CIGARETTE)

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POINT MUTATION?

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CHANGE IN ONE NUCLEOTIDE PAIR

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TYPES OF POINT MUTATION?

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SINGLE OR INSERTION OR DELETION

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MISSENCE MUTATIONS?

A

STIL CODE FOR AA BUT NOT THE RIGHT ONE

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NONSENSE MUTATION?

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CHANGE OF AA TO STOP CODON, MOST LEAD TO A PROTEIN BEING NONFUNCTIONING

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PYRAMINDINE?

A

SINGLE SIX MEMBERED RING

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PURINE?

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SIX MEMBER RING FUSED TO 5 MEMBER RING