LESSON 14: BACTERIAL GENETICS Flashcards

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  • is the science of heredity; study of genes and
    information it carries.
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GENETICS

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are containing DNA that carry hereditary information; the chromosomes carry the genes.

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CHROMOSOMES

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-is the genetic information that a cell carry that includes
chromosomes and plasmid.

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GENOME

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are segments of DNA (except in RNA viruses) that code for functional products.

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GENES

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The cells DNA exist as long strands of nucleotides twisted together in pairs to f

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DOUBLE HELIX

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DNA or Deoxyribonucleic acid is a macromolecule composed of repeating units called?

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NUCLEOTIDES

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Nucleotide consist of :

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NITROGENOUS BASE
DEOXYRIBOSE
PHOSPHATE GROUP

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The two strands are held by________ between base pairs.

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HYDROGEN BONDS

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These strands have two designation called:

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5 prime end & 3 prime end

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5 & 3 represent the?

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represent the 5th and 3rd carbon atom of the
sugar ring.

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is the end, which joins a phosphate group that attaches to
another nucleotide

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5th end

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is the end important as during replication the new nucleotide is added to the end.

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3rd end

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is the genetic makeup of an organism that codes for all its
characteristics

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GENOTYPE

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actual expressed properties of an organism or the manifestation of a genotype

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PHENOTYPE

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the two strands uncoil and permanently
separate from each other.

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DNA REPLICATION

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both the parental strands must unwind due to an enzyme called?

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Topoisomerase or gyrase

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separate permanently into single stranded state made
possible by this enzyme?

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HELICASE

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are short Sequences of RNA, around 10 nucleotide in length

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PRIMERS

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it synthesizes the primers the?

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PRIMASE

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New nucleotides are added one by one to the end of
growing strand by an enzyme called ?

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DNA POLYMERASE

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The strandwhich is synthesized in the same direction as the replication fork, is known as? 5’-3’

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LEADING STRAND

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the strand being synthesized in the other direction, which is known as 3’-5’?

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LAGGING STRAND

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in lagging strand polymerase has to synthesized this _______ as it moves to replication fork.

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FRAGMENTS or OKAZAKI FRAGMENTS

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When DNA polymerase is adding nucleotides to the lagging strand and creating Okazaki fragments, it at times leaves a gap or two between the fragments. These gaps are filled with?

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LIGASE

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This process wherein genetic information in DNA is
copied or transcribed into a complimentary base sequence of RNA ?

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TRANSCRIPTION

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carries the coded information for making specific proteins from DNA to ribosomes, where proteins are
synthesized

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messenger RNA

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RNA synthesis starts at a site in the strand called

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PROMOTER

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until RNA synthesis reaches a site on the DNA called??

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TERMINATOR

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protein synthesis is called_____ because it decodes and translates the genetic codes (codons) made during transcription into specific proteins which
consists of a series of amino acids

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TRANSLATION

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while the nonsense codons signal the ends of protein synthesis thus called??

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STOP CODONS

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site of translation is in the ??

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RIBOSOMES

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Two genetic control mechanism:

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REPRESSION & INDUCTION

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-is a regulatory mechanism that inhibits gene expression and decreases synthesis of enzymes, usually in response to overabundance of an end-product.

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REPRESSION

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is the process that turns on the transcription of a gene.

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INDUCTION

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is a change in the base sequence of a DNA which sometimes cause a change in the end-product (protein)

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MUTATION

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Types of mutations :

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  1. BASE MUTATION
  2. MESSENSE MUTATION
  3. FRAME-SHIFT MUTATIONS
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are environmental agents that directly or indirectly cause mutation

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MUTAGENS

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a type of mutations with a single base in one point of a DNA is replaced with another base.

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BASE MUTATION

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a type of mutation where somthing happens when as a result of base mutation, an incorrect amino acid is inserted into the synthesized protein.

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MISSENSE MUTATIONS

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a type of mutations when one or a few nucleotide pairs are inserted or deleted in the DNA

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FRAME-SHIFT MUTATIONS

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chemical mutagens examples:

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  1. NITROUS ACID
  2. NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG
  3. AFLATOXIN
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a frame-shift mutagen and also a potent carcinogen

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AFLATOXIN

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type of chemical mutagens, also have altered base-pairing property.

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NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG

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is a type of chemical mutagens that is exposure of bacteria to nitrous acid can convert the base adenine (A) to a form no longer unpairable with thymine at a random location.

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NITROUS ACID

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radiation example of mutagens:

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  1. X RAYS
  2. GAMMA RAYS
  3. ULTRAVIOLET
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are potent mutagens due to their ability to ionize
atoms and molecules.

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X RAYS & GAMMA RAYS

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is harmful (at 260 nm wavelength) due to its ability to
form covalent bonds between bases.

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UV LIGHT

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Cell damage due to UV light can be repaired by this __________ by destroying covalent bonds to return its
original sequence.

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photolyases or light repair enzymes

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is the exchange of genes between two DNA
molecules to form new combinations of genes on a chromosome that results to a genetic diversity in a population.

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GENETIC RECOMBINATION

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occurs when genes are passed from an organism to
its offspring (plants and animals).

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VERTICAL GENE TRANSFER

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occurs in bacteria in several ways. In principle, the
transfer involves a donor cell that gives a portion of its DNA to a recipient cell.

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HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER

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recipient cell that incorporates donor DNA to its own DNA is called??

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RECOMBINANT

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genetic recombination results from these three types of
gene transfer:

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  1. TRANSFORMATION
  2. CONJUGATION
  3. TRANSDUCTION
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n is the transfer of genes from one bacterium to another as “naked” DNA in a solution

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TRANSFORMATION

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in bacteria is a mechanism by which genetic material is
transferred by a plasmid, requires cell to cell contact, only donor cell must carry the plasmid.

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CONJUGATION

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Is a circular piece of DNA that replicates independently from the cells chromosomes.

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PLASMID

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Is a genetic transfer wherein bacterial DNA is transferred
from a donor cell to recipient cell inside a virus that infects bacteria called bacteriophage, or phage

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TRANSDUCTION

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is an extrachromosomal genetic element that is capable of autonomous replication in the cytoplasm of a bacterial cell

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PLASMID

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The plasmids can also be present as integrated with bacterial chromosomes, and plasmids integrated with host chromosome are know as

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EPISOMES

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this plasmid transfer antibiotic resistant genes to some
organism.

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R PLASMID

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2 categories of plasmid:

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  1. TRANSMISSIBILITY
  2. NATURE OF PLASMID
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cell to cell genetic transfer through conjugation, Responsible for synthesis of the sex pilus and for the synthesis of enzymes required for their transfer.

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TRANSMISSIBLE

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empty of genes, thus unable to transfer

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NON-TRANSMISSIBLE

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efers to a hair-like appendage found on the surface of some bacterial cells, particularly those of Gram-negative bacteria, These pili are involved in a process called conjugation

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SEX PILI, or sex pilus

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3 factor of NATURE OF PLASMID;

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  1. F FACTOR
  2. R FACTOR
  3. COL FACTOR or Colicinogenic factor
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contains the genetic information, essential for controlling mating process of the bacteria during cojugatipn.

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F FACTOR

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large plasmid molecular weight ? that contains R
factor and are conjugated

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mol. wt. 60 million

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it contains (mol. wt. 10 million) , “r” factor and non-conjugation.

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SMALL PLASMID

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R factor consists of two components:

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  1. resistance transfer factor
  2. r determinants
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is responsible for conjugational transfer

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RESISTANCE TRANSFER FACTOR

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carries resistance for one of the several
antibiotics

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r determinants

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esembles the F factor in promoting conjugation, leading to self-transfer and also at times transfer of segments of
chromosomes.

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COL FACTORS

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The Col factor encodes for production of_____ ehich is lethal to other enteric bacteria.

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Colicins

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Col factors also encode FOR PRODUCTION OF?

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diphthericin and pyocyanin

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DIPTHERICIN is produce by?

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Corynebacterium diphteriae

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PYOCYANIN- is produced by ?

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Pseudomona pyocyanea

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