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1
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small, self replicating extrachromosomal genetic elements

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plasmid

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all genetic elements present in an organism

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genome

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streptococcus pneumoniae strain r gave a ____ appearance but s gave a ___ appearance

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rough; smooth

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mice with _ strain were killed not just sick like with other strain

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S

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griffiths mixed r as a live strain and s as dead strain and the colonies that showed up were all s and killed mice

what should have happened?

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idea was that colonies should have been rough and not lethal because s stain was dead; transformation was discovered in this way

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avery, macleod, and mcCarty added an RNase (takes out RNA) and a protease (takes out protein) in the smooth strand and then mixed it with r, what happened?

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transformation continued to happen; mice dead and smooth colonies

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avery, macleod, and mcCarty added a DNase in the smooth strand and then mixed it with r, what happened?

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no transformation; rough colonies and not lethal

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avery, macleod, and mcCarty finally mixed r with just DNA from s and what happened?

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smooth colonies; dead mice (DNA is the element of transformation)

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DNA to RNA

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transcription

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RNA to protein

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translation

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bacteria does ____ replication, very rapid

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bi-directional

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the bi-directional replication of bacteria has 2 ___ ___ but ___ start of replication origin

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2 replication forks; one

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what structure shows up when microbe is halfway through replication

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the theta structure

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in termination links of chromosomes; that are resolved by topoisomerases (eukaryotes)

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catenanes

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in termination dimerization are resolved by ____ in prokaryotes

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recombinases

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plasmid replication is very different; not ___ ___

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bi-directional

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eukaryotic genes have introns which are _____ regions and exons which are ____ regions

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non-coding; coding

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the bacterial gene only has ____ regions

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coding

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what are the promotor sites in bacteria?; they are ___ ____ binding (found in promotor; highly conserved)

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-10, -35; rna polymerase

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things that are upstream are to the ___ of the gene (5’ - 3’)

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left

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_____ is down stream

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terminator

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-10 is 10 base pairs ____ from gene

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upstream

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what is the transcription start site

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+1 (upstream)

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the promotor regions (-10, -35) guide _____ process

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transcription

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the leader sequence is between what
transcription and translation start site
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the ribosome binding site is the _____ start site
translation
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the bacteria has its own specific 5 subunit core enzyme (alpha, alpha, beta, beta' and w) which is a?
rna polymerase
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RNA polymerase binds with __ ___ in promotor region
sigma factor
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sigma factor and core enzyme is called
holoenzyme
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purpose is to help recognize promotor so core enzyme can attach
sigma factor (essential; once core enzyme binds, sigma can leave)
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in Rho- dependent termination____ attaches to mRNA; influences polymerase and RNA to fall off in termination
Rho
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factor independent termination has no ____
Rho
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in factor independent termination there has to be ___ ___
inverted repeats
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the inverted repeat is significant because it creates a ___ ____ structure (two inverted repeats will compliment)
stem loop
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the factor independent termination also has __ rich region which are weak and that in combination with the loop will cause ____ to fall off
U rich; polymerase
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transcription in eukaryote is complex; has splice sites and does alternate splicing to remove introns by _____
spliceosome
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mature mRNA of eukaryotes has what two things
5' cap & poly-a tail
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the leader sequence in bacterial region is an ___ ____
untranslated region
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the translation start codon is
AUG
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e. coli ribosome binding site is
shine-dalgarno site
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translation stop codon for bacterial translation
UAA, UAG, UGA
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genes ordered one after another with one promoter; genes involved in same pathway
operon (all controlled by same promoter and terminator)
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prokaryotes can couple ___ and ___ because they dont have to use DNA from nucleus
transcription and translation
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transcriptional regulation: most genes that are always expressed
constitutive
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transcriptional regulation: activated by a protein; activator protein binds near promotor; turns ON gene OFF (control of a gene that is turned OFF)
positive control
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three levels of control for prokaryotes
transc. , translation, post- translational
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transcriptional regulation: uses repressor protein (turning OFF something that is ON)
negative control
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____ are down stream products that come from gene being transcribed and translated and activate a protein to help activate transcription (helps to control an activator)
inducer
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___ ___ typically focuses on up or down regulating an always somewhat on gene
transcriptional regulation
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allow some transcription even under repression
leaky promotors
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two component system regulates ____
transcription
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a sensor kinase is in the ____ and responding to it in the _____ is the response regulator
membrane, cytoplasm
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the two component system senses and responds to _____ _____ (up regulate or down regulate transc.)
changing environment
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the sensor kinases can respond to changes in _____; then internal response regulator turns genes on or off
osmolarity
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attenuation is apart of _____ regulation
transcriptional
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tryptophan synthesis operon is unique because the leader sequence is ____; why?
translated; has 4 attenuator sequences that give rise to stem loop
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2 trp codons side by side is a ____ ____ (now microbe needs two to continue)
limiting factor
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in low tryptophan levels, the ____ will pause and give mRNA to form stem loop called antitermination loop.
ribosome
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the antitermination loop allows _____ to continue to make more tryptophen
transcription
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in high tryptophan: terminator loop forms and stops transcription, why?
doesn't need more trytophan
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riboswitches are ____ regulation
transcription
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riboswitches fold into ____ ___, a metabolite alters their folding structure
secondary structure
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metabolites (down stream; come from gene) regulate transcription by interacting with ____ and changing its structure to turn transcription ___
riboswitch; off (riboflavin)
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translation start site is upstream and called
RBS

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