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DNA Sequencing Flashcards

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What is DNA sequencing?

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DNA sequencing is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA.

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What is the basic principle of DNA sequencing?

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The process of DNA sequencing involves both the determination of the unknown bases in the strands of DNA and the sequence in which they occur.

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What do you need for DNA sequencing to work?

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To sequence a DNA molecule a purified single strand of the DNA is required.

Also, for DNA sequencing to work, the identity of the bases in a short sequence has to be known.

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How many stages of DNA sequencing are there and what are they?

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There are four stages: Preparation of the reaction mixtures, DNA synthesis in the Reaction Mixtures, Gel Electrophoresis and Autoradiography.

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What is needed in step one of DNA sequencing?

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Single-stranded DNA with unknown sequence, Radioactively labelled primer, DNA polymerase and Normal Nucleotides

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What is added to each of the four reaction mixtures?

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A specific dideoxynucleotide is added (one type of ddNTP per tube)

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What are the four dideoxynucletides?

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ddATP, ddTTP. ddCTP and ddGTP

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What happens during step two of DNA sequencing?

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Primer binds to the template sequence

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How does the primer bind to the template strand?

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Compliments the known sequence & therefore can bind to it and is Radioactively labelled

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What happens during step three of DNA sequencing?

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DNA polymerase can begin to synthesise DNA, because of the presence of the primer

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Can the DNA polymerase synthesise DNA without a primer?

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No

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What happens during step four of DNA sequencing?

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DNA polymerase uses the template strand to synthesise a new DNA sequence by inserting complementary dNTPs

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What happens during step five of DNA sequencing?

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DNA polymerase continues synthesising DNA with dNTPs

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What happens if DNA Polymerase incorporates the ddNTP present in the reaction tube?

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Synthesis of the new DNA will be terminated

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Why does the synthesis stop if a dideoxynucleotide is added?

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If a ddNTP is added to a growing DNA strand, the chain is not extended any further because the free 3′ OH group needed to add another nucleotide is not available.

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What does the length of the new DNA fragments synthesised depend on?

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The template DNA sequence

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How many fragments are there in ddATP reaction mixtures?

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3

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How many fragments are there in ddTTP reaction mixtures?

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1

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How many fragments are there in ddCTP reaction mixtures?

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2

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How many fragments are there in ddGTP reaction mixtures?

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3

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What is Gel electrophoresis?

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Gel electrophoresis is a technique which can separate charged molecules on the basis of their size

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What happens during autoradiography?

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The fragments on the gel can not be visualised directly. To permit visualisation a piece of X-ray film is laid on top of the gel.

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What is Sanger sequencing?

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Sanger sequencing is the utilization of dideoxynucleotide to allow base determination

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What are the pros and cons of Sanger sequencing?

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Pros: Simple, fast and accurate (accuracy = 99.9%)

Cons: Only able to sequence short fragments (300 – 1000 bp), Only able to determine one sequence at a time

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What are the pros of Next Generation sequencing?

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  • High-throughput sequencing
  • Fully automated, reliable and accurate
  • Large numbers of samples can be analysed in a short time
  • Allows parallel sequencing
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What is pyrosequencing?

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The method is based on a chemiluminescent enzymatic reaction, which is triggered when a molecular recognition event occurs

The method allows the sequencing of a single strand of DNA by synthesizing the complementary strand along it

Each time a nucleotide, A, C, G or T is incorporated into the growing chain a cascade of enzymatic reactions is triggered which results in a light signal

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