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Week 8 -molecular Genetic Techniques Flashcards

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What sort of techniques are used in DNA cloning?

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Recombinant DNA technology

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What is the purpose of DNA cloning?

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Allows preparation of large numbers of identical DNA molecules, often genes

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What do DNA clones allow for?

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Allows detailed studies of the structure and function of a gene at molecular level

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What is Recombinant DNA ?

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any DNA molecule composed of sequences derived from different sources

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Recombinant DNA technology summary

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Vector and fragment (e.g. gene) Recombinant DNA Replication of Recombinant DNA within host cells Isolation, sequencing and manipulation of purified DNA fragment

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What are nucleases?

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Hydrolyse an Ester bond within a phosphodiester bond

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Endonucleases

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Nucleases that cleaves phosphodiester binds within a nucleic acid chain It may be specific for RNA or for single-stranded or double-stranded DNA

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Exonuclease

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Nuclease that cleaves phosphodiester bonds one at a time from the end of a polynucleotide chain It may be specific for either 5’ or 3’ end of DNA or RNA

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Restriction endonucleases

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Bacterial enzymes that recognise specific short sequences of DNA (4-8bp) called restriction site and cleaves both DNA strands Usually palindromic sequences Are crucial in facilitating the production of Recombinant DNA molecules

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Type II endonucleases

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Cut DNA at defined positions close to or within their recognition sequences

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What are Isoschizomer?

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Pairs of restriction enzymes specific to the same recognition sequence

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For each restriction enzyme, what does bacteria produce which has the same DNA recognition sequence?

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Modification enzyme

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13
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What is modification enzyme usually?

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Methyltransferase

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14
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Can methylated recognition sequence be cleaved by a recognition enzyme ?

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No

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How is a bacterium’s own genome/DNA protected from cleavage?

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Modifying it by methylation at or near potential cleavage sites

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What does cloning a fragment of DNA require?

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Specifically engineered vector

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17
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Cloning vector

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DNA that can be used to propagate an incorporated DNA sequence in a host cell

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18
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What do vectors Contain?

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Selectable markers and Replication origins to allow identification and maintenance of vector in the host

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What is multiple cloning site?

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Synthetically generates sequence of DNA containing a series of tandem restriction endonuclease sites used in cloning vectors for creating Recombinant molecules

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20
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What are examples of Multiple cloning site?

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SphI, PstI, BamHI

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What can Restriction endonucleases be used to do?

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cleave DNA into defined fragments

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22
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Inserting DNA fragments into Vectors

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DNA fragments with sticky or blunt ends can be inserted into vector DNA with aid of DNA ligand e.g. t4 DNA ligases.
Uses 2 ATP to convert 2AMP + 2PPI

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Why is it usual to use 2 different restriction enzymes?

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Directionality Stop recircularisation is the plasmid

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24
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What is the insert to vector molar ratio?

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5- or 10 to 1

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25
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What ends May DNA fragments have?

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Sticky or blunt ends

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26
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What is required to insert DNA fragment into vector DNA ?

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DNA ligase e.g. t4 DNA ligase Use 2 ATP converting to 2MP + 2PPi

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27
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What happens to fragments restricted with same endonuclease?

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They have complimentary ends covalently joins the ends of restriction fragment and vector DNA

28
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What is transformation?

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The acquisition of new genetic material by incorporation of added exogenous, non-viral DNA (e.g. plasmid)

29
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What is needed for transformation in lab?

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Cacl2 Heat shock (42 degrees)

30
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Selection of bacteria with antibiotic resistance

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Bacteria take up plasmid molecule and acquire antibiotic resistance (from plasmid).
This allows for selection of bacteria that harbour the Recombinant plasmid on an agar plate containing relevant antibiotic

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Application and plasmid purification

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Colonies are picked from agar plate and grown in liquid broth (with antibiotic) to produce million of bacteria a harbouring the same plasmid plasmid DNA can then be isolated from the methods such as alkaline-lysis based spin column

32
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How can plasmid be isolated?

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Alkaline-lysis based spin column

33
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Can cloning create false positives?

34
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How can cloning generate false positives?

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Some plasmids recircularise without an inserted cloned fragment

35
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What does blue white selection allow for?

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Blue/white selection allows the identification of bacteria that contain the vector plasmid WITH an insert (I.e. positive clone)

36
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Results of blue white analysis?

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The insertion of a DNA fragment interrupts the plasmid lac Z gene which means bacteria growing in presence of X-gal are white and not blue The white colonies are selected and used to prepare more plasmid DNA for further analysis

37
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Bacteria grown in the presence of X-gal are what colour?

38
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What are the features of a plasmid isolation of DNA limit?

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High copy number Physical 10kb

39
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Feature of a phage isolation of DNA DNA limit?

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Infects bacteria Via phage packaging 20kb

40
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Features of a cosmos isolation of DNA DNA limit ?

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High copy number via phage packaging 48kb

41
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Features of BAC isolation of DNA DNA limit?

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Based on F plasmid Physical 300kb

42
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Features of YAC isolation of DNA DNA limit?

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Origin + centromere + telomere >1 Mb

43
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What can cloning vectors be?

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Bacterial plasmid, phases, cosmos’s, BAC or yeast artificial chromosome

44
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What are shuttle vectors?

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Can be propagated in more than one type of host cell

45
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Expression vectors

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Contain promoters that allow transcription of any cloned gene

46
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What is a DNA LIBRARY?

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collection of DNA molecule each cloned into a vector

47
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What does the set of clones collectively represent?

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All the DNA sequences in a genome

48
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What is the DNA LIBRARY USUEFUL for?

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Representing the genomic content of simple organisms

49
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CDNA libraries

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Hybridise mRNA with oligo-dT primer Transcribe RNA into CDNA.
Remove RNA with alkali - add poly (dG) tail Hybridise with olive-dC primer Synthesise complementary strands Protect CDNA by methylation at EcoRI sites Ligase cDNA to restriction side linkers cleave with ECoRI Ligate to plasmid

50
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Use of reverse transcriptase

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Used to synthesise a strand of complimentary DNA to each mRNA molecule

51
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What is the RNA strand in the RNA/DNA hybrid duplex degraded by?

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RNaseH or alkali

52
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What carries out DNA polymerase?

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Second strand synthesis

53
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Vector and the collection of cDNA are ligated and transformed into what?

54
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Most genomic or cDNA libraries contain how many individual clones?

55
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How can molecules of interest be identified in DNA libraries ?

56
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How can genomic libraries be screened?

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Hybridisation of a labelled oligonucleotide probe to complementary sequences can identify specific nucleic acid

57
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What is hybridisation?

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The ability of complimentary single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules to associate specifically with each other via base pairing

58
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What is a probe?

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A radioactive nucleic acid, DNA or RNA, used to identify a complementary fragment

59
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What are the methods of nucleic acid detection?

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In-with hybridisation Fluorescence in situ hybridisation

60
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What is in situ hybridisation?

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Hybridisation of a DNA or RNA probe to intact tissue to locate its complementary strand by autoradiography. Used to detect mRNA or DNA

61
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FISH

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Fluorescence in situ hybridisation

62
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What are hybridisation methods used to identify?

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Specific sequences

63
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What does gel electrophoresis separate DNA FRAGMENTS BY?

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Size (shape/confirmation)

64
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What charge does DNA migrate towards in electrophoresis?

65
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What sort of techniques permit detection of mRNAs and DNAs?

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Hybridisation techniques

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