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1
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base addition

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one or more nucleotide are inserted

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base deletion

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one or more nucleotide are deleted

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base substitution

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a nucleotide is replaced with another base

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duplication mutation

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one or more bases is repeated

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inversion mutation

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a sequence of bases is reversed

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translocation mutation

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a sequence of bases is moved from one location to another

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name the six types of base sequence mutations

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addition, deletion, substitution, inversion, duplication, translocation

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What is a mutagenic agent?

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a factor that increases the rate of mutations

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What are the three types of mutagenic agent?

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  • acts as a base
  • alters bases
  • change the structure of DNA
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What does a frameshift mutation do?

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change the nature of all base triplets downstream from the mutation

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What are the 4 types of stem cells?

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totipotent, pluripotent, multipotent, unipotent

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Totipotent

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can mature into any type of body cell, found in the first few cell divisions of embryo

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Pluripotent

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can differentiate into any cell except placenta cells, found in embryo

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Multipotent

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able to differentiate into a few different types of cells, found in mature mammals (bone marrow)

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Unipotent

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can only differentiate into one type of cell, found in mature mammals (cardiomyocytes)

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How can induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) be formed?

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produced from adult somatic cells using appropriate protein transcription factors

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What are transcription factors?

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Proteins that bind to promoter regions and control the transcription of genes

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What happens after the transcription factor binds to the promoter region?

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RNA polymerase can bind and allow transcription for that gene

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What is an activator?

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Transcription factor that increases the rate of transcription.

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What is a repressor?

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Transcription factor that decreases the rate of transcription.

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Describe how oestrogen activates transcription.

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Oestrogen diffuses through membrane.
Binds to oestrogen receptor.
Oestrogen –oestrogen receptor diffuses from cytoplasm into the nucleus
Binds to promoter region of DNA.
Activates transcription.

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Why are not all cells affected by oestrogen?

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Not all cells have oestrogen receptor in cytoplasm.

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23
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What is RNAi and what does it do? (basic)

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RNA interference – blocks translation of mRNA at the ribosomes.

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What does RNAi do?

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complementary RNAi bind to the mRNA produced from a specific gene and prevent translation

25
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What are the two types of RNAi?

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siRNA (small interference RNA)
miRNA (micro interference RNA)

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Epigenetics definition

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Involves heritable changes in gene function without changes to the base sequence of DNA.

27
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What are the two ways epigenetic can be done?

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Methylation of DNA
Acetylation of histones.

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What is methylation of DNA?

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methyl group added to nitrogenous base

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What is acetylation of histones?

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acetyl group added to histones

30
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What does an increased methylation of DNA do?

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changes the DNA structure so that the transcription factors and RNA polymerase can’t interact with the gene, gene is not expressed

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What happens when histones are acetylated?

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the chromatin is less condensed meaning transcription factors and RNA polymerase can access the DNA allowing genes to be transcribed

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What happens when acetyl groups are removed?

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chromatin becomes highly condensed so that genes cannot be transcribed because the transcription factors and RNA polymerase can’t access them

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What genes control cell division?

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tumour suppressor genes and oncogenes

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What are malignant tumours?

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grow rapidly and invade and destroy surrounding tissues, cells can break off the tumours and spread to other parts of the body

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What are benign tumours?

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grow slower and are often covered in fibrous tissue that stops cells invading other tissues

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How do tumour cells look different to normal cells?

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  • nucleus is larger and darker
  • irregular shape
  • irregular shape
  • different antigens on their surface
  • divide more frequently
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What are stem cells?

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undifferentiated cells that can continually divide and become specialised

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proto-oncogene

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stimulates cell division by coding for proteins that make cells divide

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tumour suppressor gene

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slows cell division by coding for proteins that stop cells dividing or causes apoptosis, repairs mistakes in DNA

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How do mutated oncogenes stimulate excessive cell division?

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produce growth factors that activates genes that causes DNA to replicate and cell division

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What is hypermethylation?

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increases methylation, occurs in promoter region of TSG, inactivation of TSG, transcription is inhibited

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What is hypomethylation?

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decreases methylation in oncogenes, leads to their activation

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What is the main difference between proto-oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes?

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Oncogenes cause cancer as a result of ACTIVATION of proto-oncogenes
Tumour suppressor genes cause cancer as a result of their INACTIVATION

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What are the two factors that increase the risk of cancer?

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genetic and environmental

45
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What are the genetic risks of cancer?

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inheriting alleles

46
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What are some environmental risks of cancer?

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radiation, carcinogens, high fat diet, obesity, lack of physical activity

47
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How can you prevent cancer?

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screen for the allele mutation, preventive steps, develop tests to detect mutations earlier

48
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How can you treat cancer?

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drugs that inhibit mutated enzymes which stops growth of cells, drugs that bind to receptors preventing growth factors binding

49
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What is gene therapy?

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faulty alleles are replaced by working versions of those alleles

50
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Genome

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all the genetic material/ DNA in a cell/ organism

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How is DNA sequencing done?

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a DNA sample is collected, many copies of the DNA are made, the copies are broken into many pieces, sequences are arranged in the correct order

52
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Advantages of medical screening

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quick identification of potential
medical problems and for early
intervention treatment

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Proteome

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Full range of different proteins that a cell is able to produce (at a given time)

54
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How could determining the genome
of a virus allow scientists to develop
a vaccine?

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Identify proteins or proteome of the virus then
identify potential antigens to use in the vaccine

55
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What does Recombinant DNA
technology involve?

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the transfer of fragments of DNA from
one organism or species to another

56
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What are the 5 steps for producing DNA fragments?

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  1. ISOLATION of DNA fragments (gene)
  2. INSERTION of DNA fragment into a
    vector
  3. TRANSFORMATION – DNA into host cells
  4. IDENTIFICATION of host cells (gene markers)
  5. GROWTH/CLONING of host cells
57
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What are the 3 methods for producing DNA fragments?

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a. Conversion of mRNA to cDNA using
reverse transcriptase
b. Using restriction endonucleases to cut fragments (gene)
c. Creating the gene in a gene machine

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