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How do we name restriction enzymes?

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Name derived from the phenomenon
of host-controlled restriction and
modification

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What are Type I and Type II restriction
enzymes?

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Type I REase: Recognize specific sequences in the DNA but does not cut adjacently to them
* Tracks along the DNA for a variable distance before breaking the DNA strand
Type II REase: Cut within (or immediately adjacent to)
specific target sequences and generate specific fragments
* Only some cut the DNA at a defined distance (only a few bases away) from the recognition site, Limited application

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Can we tell the type of restriction enzymes based on the name?

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No

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What types of ends can be produced from restriction enzymes?

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Sticky and blunt

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What sequences can be recognized by
Type II restriction enzymes?

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Specific short DNA sequences

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What are palindromic sequences?

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Spelled the same way forward as backward (eg. civic)

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What phage groups exist?

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tailless, head with tail (e.g., λ), filamentous (e.g., M13)

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What are the most common viral vectors?

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adeno-associated viral, adenoviral, lentiviral, retroviral

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What are the key similarities and
differences between λ and M13 phages?

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λ: All regulatory sites are known, not all essential for the phage to function (making it a good place to cut and insert gene of interest)

M13: Does not have non-essential gene, Produce single-strand DNA, Exist as both dsDNA & ssDNA in different phases of its replication cycle

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Which phage has ssDNA and which has dsDNA? Are there others that have RNA instead?

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M13, yes (MS2 and Qβ)

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What is multiplicity of infection (MOI)?

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Ratio of “agent” (phase) to “infection target” (cell), Average number of virus particles needed to infect
each cell

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How is MOI calculated?

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Agent/infection target

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What is the MOI if 50 target cells were infected when 1000 viral
vectors were used?

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20 = (1000/50)

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What are plasmids?

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Small, circular pieces of DNA that exist independently of the bacterial chromosome

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In what organisms do plamids occur
naturally?

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Occur naturally in many strains of bacteria and in a few types of eukaryotic cells, such as yeast

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How are plasmids replicated?

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Own origin of replication that allows it to be replicated independently of the bacterial chromosome

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What types of plasmids exist in nature?

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Episome– plasmid
that can integrate
into bacterial
chromosome

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What is Conjugation, Transformation and Transduction?

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Conjugation: transfer of DNA from a living donor bacterium to a living recipient bacterium by cell-to-cell contact
Transformation: bacterium takes up a piece of DNA floating in its environment
Transduction: A virus transfers chromosomal DNA fragment or a plasmid from one bacterium to another by a bacteriophage

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How do we clone DNA into plasmids?

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Insert pieces of DNA which are then copied as a part of the plasmid
▫ Pass on to the progeny when the cell replicates
▫ Ability to replicate in the host bacterium
 Most, or all, of the enzymes and other products
needed already in the host cell

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What are conjugative and non-conjugative plasmids?

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Conjugative: Large, low copy # and stringent control of DNA replication (tied to host cell chromosomal DNA replication)
Non: Small, high copy # and
relaxed DNA replication

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What are the typical elements of a
plasmid?

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Origin of replication, selectable marker, cloning site, reporter genes, promoter, terminator

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What are YACs and BACs? What are their advantages and disadvantages?

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Used for cloning, can take in big inserts

Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs): Inserts can be several hundred thousand to 2 million bp long

Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs): Inserts can be up to 300,000 bp long

their large insert sizes make them difficult to use in gene cloning and sequencing experiments. Therefore, libraries with smaller insert sizes are needed

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How is LacZ gene used for selection?

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Blue white screening

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What color indicates successful result?

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White

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How is cI gene used for selection?
If disrupted: undergo lytic cycle
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What indicates success? (cl for selection)
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How is an antibiotic resistance gene used for selection?
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What do we use transgenic animal cells for?
studying gene function, regulation, and expression. Researchers can introduce specific genes or mutations into animal cells to investigate their roles in cellular processes, disease mechanisms, and developmental pathways.
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What is recombination? What are the possible ways?
Cloned genes can be integrated into plant and animal cells through recombination. Gene replacement, Gene addition
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What can we achieve with homologous recombination and non-homologous recombination? ◦ Is one more desirable than another?
Homologous: gene replacement Non homo: gene addition
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Workflow of isolation of nucleic acids
Disruption: lysis of cellular membrane and other cellular components Separation: precipitation and centrifugation (denser material on bottom) Recovery: elution of water, separate out
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What to use when isolating DNA vs. RNA? ○ When to use RNAse vs. DNAse?
RNA extraction: If an acidic solution of phenol is used, DNA is hydrolyzed and only RNA migrates into the aqueous phase. DNAse added (digest DNA, left with RNA) DNA extraction: RNAse added (digest RNA), Phenol does not efficiently denature and inhibit RNAse activity
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What is PCR?
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the amplification and replication of specific targeted DNA sections targeted by primers
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How is PCR similar/different from natural replication?
targeted amplification to replicate only a segment of DNA bounded by the two primers that determine where DNA polymerase begins replication
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What are the common elements in PCR?
Taq polymerase, primers, template DNA, and nucleotides
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How does the number of copies increase over the cycles?
two fold, 2^n
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What temperatures are used for PCR? Why?
Heating up to separate, bring it back down to bind, raise for extension
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What chemicals are needed for PCR?
DNA template, aqueous buffer, buffering agent, master mix, primer, dntp, DNA polymerase
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What does ‘RT’ stand for in RT-PCR? What is its purpose?
Reverse transcriptase produces complementary DNA (cDNA) from mRNA
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What are the two steps of RT-PCR?
Reverse transcription, Amplification
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What is real time RT-PCR? What is its purpose?
Real Time rt-PCR (qPCR) provides quantitative results ○ It can identify the starting quantity of copies of the template DNA ○ Fluorescence is proportional to the number of DNA molecules produced
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What is needed for the last step in real time rt-PCR for TaqMan assay?
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How do we quantify expression levels?
The comparative CT method: a widely used method to express relative gene expression
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What is the relevance of the housekeeping gene?
Removes variability from sample size ■ More sample could mean more nucleic acid material, and we don’t want to mis-interpret this as more gene expression
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What are DNA libraries? What are they for?
collection of DNA fragments that have been cloned into vectors ▫ so that researchers can identify and isolate the DNA fragments that interest them for further study.
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What main types of DNA libraries exist? What are the key differences?
genomic: set of clones representing the entire genome of an organism, and the production of such a library is usually the first step in isolating a DNA sequence from an organism’s genome. contain large fragments of DNA in either bacteriophages or bacterial or P1-derived artificial chromosomes (BACs and. PACs). cDNA: made with cloned, reverse-transcribed mRNA, and therefore lack DNA sequences corresponding to genomic regions that are not expressed, no introns and 5′ and 3′ noncoding regions of eukaryotic gene. Advantage for making protein from eukaryotic gene in prokaryotic cell because they can use it without the introns, but they cannot use it with the introns. contain much smaller fragments than genomic DNA libraries, and are usually cloned into plasmid vectors
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How are DNA libraries produced? (steps: isolation, digestion, insertion, amplification)
extract and purify DNA Digest DNA with restrictor enzymes Insert into plasmids
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How can we retrieve a clone that contains a specific sequence?
Primers, PCR
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Which direction is DNA moving in the gel? Why?
Down towards the positive, DNA is negatively charged.
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Why does smaller DNA move faster?
It is lighter, less nucleotides
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Is this the sequence of the original strand? If not, what is the original sequence? (sanger)
No, it is the strand complementary to the sanger.
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What are we detecting specifically with western blots?
Proteins
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What are the probes in the case of Western Blot?
Antibody based probes
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What is the purpose of these blotting techniques? (northern and southern)
Northern: detect RNA Southern: detect DNA
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What is the difference between Southern and Northern blot?
Northern detects RNA, Southern detects DNA
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What are the steps? What is the purpose of the membrane? Why is it placed on the top of the gel? (northern and southern)
The membrane serves as a solid support onto which the nucleic acids from the gel can be transferred, allowing for easier handling and analysis. Placing the membrane on top of the gel ensures efficient transfer of nucleic acids by capillary action, as the gel and membrane are in close contact during the transfer process.
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What are the probes? (blotting)
Northern and southern: Oligonucleotide Probes
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What do you understand about the meaning of different values of P-value, Log2ratio, etc when looking at gene expression data?
The Log2ratio, also known as fold change, represents the magnitude of change in gene expression levels between experimental conditions
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How does bioinformatics help us? (experiment design, data analysis, databases)
Interface between computer science and molecular biology. It involves the use of computers to store, organize, and interpret biological information, usually in the form of sequence data.
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How do we handle data from sources with different naming conventions?
Standardization, cross-referencing
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What is the GIGO effect? Why is it important?
stress the importance of valid and reliable data entry when programming or entering information. interrogation of databases can provide some novel insights
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What is/are required for creating recombinant DNA in the “cut and paste/join” process?
Restriction enzymes and DNA ligase
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What type of restriction enzyme is commonly used in GE?
Endonuclease (cut in specific places, cut nucleic acid molecules internally but not degrade from the ends of nucleic acids)
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What does ‘restriction enzyme’ break directly in DNA?
Phosphodiester bond between nucleotides on the same DNA strand
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Which type(s) of restriction enzyme is/are useful for GE when accurate cut at specific places is required?
Type II
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Chain-terminating dideoxynucleotides (ddNTP’s). * ddGTP, ddATP, ddTTP, ddCTP
nearly identical to nucleotides except for the fact that they are fluorescent and have an -H instead of -OH on the 3’ carbon

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