Flashcards in Chapter 8 Deck (51)
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Macromolecule composed of repeating unite called nucleotides
DNA
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Nitrogenous base
Deoxyribose
Phosphate group
Nucleotide
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Pentose sugar ribose with one less oxygen in DNA or ribose in RNS
Deoxyribose
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The molecular study of genomes
Genomics
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Set of rules that determine how nucleotide sequence is converted into amino acid sequence of proteins
Genetic code
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Gene usually codes for mRNA which ultimately results in the formation of proteins
Proteins can also be a rRNA or a transfer RNA
Genetic Code
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The entire DNA or collection of genes. It is the entire genetic material of an organism. It represents the POTENTIAL properties
Genotype
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It refers to the actual EXPRESSED properties of an organism. It is an organisms collection of proteins
Phenotype
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Process of DNA replication as each double stranded DNA molecule has one original mother strand and one new synthesized strand
Semiconservative
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DNA polymerase enzyme can add new nucleotides at the 3' end of the newly synthesized strand only, so the DNA is synthesized in one direction
5'-3'
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Lagging strand synthesis is discontinuous as it's made in fragments
Okazaki fragments
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Enzyme opens the double helix up, so a replication fork
Helicase
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Makes a short piece of RNA called RNA primer on the DNA TEMPLATE
RNA polymerase
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Adds nucleotides at the 3' end of the RNA primer and make the daughter strand. It also does the proof reading mistakes in base pairing
DNA Polymerase I
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Removes RNA Primer and replaces it with DNA nucleotides but cannot connect the two newly made segments together
DNA polymerase I
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Joins the newly made fragments
DNA Ligase
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Relaxes supercoiled ahead of replication fork
DNA GYRASE
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Protein synthesis, it involves decoding the language of nucleic acids and converting information into protein language
Translation
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AUG
Initiator codon
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UAA
UGA
UAG
Terminator codons
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Combines with certain proteins to make ribosomes
rRNA
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site for protein synthesis
Copy DNA info for synthesis of proteins
Have codons in triplet bases
mRNA
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Pick up specific amino acids in cytoplasm and transfer them to mRNA
Cloverleaf shape with attachment site for a specific amino acid
Has anti-codon complementary to codon in mRNA
tRNA
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Codes for particular amino acid
Codon
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Coding regions of DNA
Exons
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Non coding regions
Introns
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Regulatory proteins that block the binding of RNA polymerase to DNA
No transcription
Repressor protein
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Process that turns on the transcription of a gene
Inducer
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B-galactosides production in E.coli
Converts lactose to glucose and galactose
When lactose present it is converted to allolactose that induces the gene to produce the enzyme B-galactose
Induction
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