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Decks in this class (19)

L1: DNA Structure and Supercoiling
Experiments leading to elucidatio...,
Basic dna structure,
Base tautomerism
12  cards
L2: Genome Diversity and the organisation of DNA in chromsosomes
Viral genome,
C value paradox,
Intergenic regions
20  cards
L3: DNA Replication Overview
Basic of replication,
Replication bubble,
Initiation
18  cards
L4 + 5: Further DNA replication
Ori bacteria vs euk function of i...,
Dnaa in bacteria,
Dnab and dnac interactions
41  cards
L6: DNA damage and mutation
Dna damage definition with examples,
Mutation definition w 2 examples,
Define forward mutation
14  cards
L7: DNA damage and repair
Uv radiation effect on dna,
Ir sources effect on dna,
Ames test
13  cards
L8: DNA damage tolerance and response
How would they be repaired mismat...,
What happens when normal replicat...,
Tls dna pols in ecoli and in huma...
22  cards
L9: Homology directed repair, homologous recombination
Available templates in homology d...,
Four phases processes conserved a...,
Pre synapsis
18  cards
L10: Plasmids, conjugation and generalised transduction
How do prokaryotes achieve geneti...,
Types of plasmids,
Ecoli genome facts
14  cards
L11: Specialised transduction and transposons
Temperate bacteriophages,
Linear genome of bacteriophages,
Possible fates for circularised l...
18  cards
L12: Introduction to transcription
Transcription directionality 1 ke...,
Transcription process in brief,
Rna pols between organisms
19  cards
L13: RNA processing
Types of rna processing events,
Rna cleavage,
Functions of the 5 cap
16  cards
L14: Regulation of transcription I
Transcription factors structure,
Targeted gene regulation in eukar...,
Enhancer elements
14  cards
L15: Regulation of transcription II
Sequences for regulation of trans...,
Histone acetylation,
Chromatin remodelling complexes
14  cards
L16 + 17: Translation
Formation of a peptide bond,
Universal genetic code,
Trna
31  cards
L18: Cancer 1
Characteristics of a cancer cell,
Hyperplasia and dysplasia,
Neoplasm
23  cards
L19: Oncogenes
Typical early driver mutations co...,
What are oncogenes,
How do oncogenes drive increased ...
14  cards
L20: Tumour suppressor genes
Normal role of tsg products,
Knudson s 2 hit hypothesis,
Sporadic vs hereditary retinoblas...
18  cards
Workshops and Labs
Familial hypercholesterolaemia,
Familial haemochromatosis,
Bloom s
14  cards

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