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What does streptomycin interact with?

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16S RNA and S12 protein
-both are encoded by the rpsL gene

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What can we do with this rpsL gene?

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insert it into the pet 21 genome of bacteria

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which cells with be ampicillin antibiotic resistant?

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cells that contain the plasmid

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what regulates protein in pet 21?

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lac repressor

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how can we put that gene into ecoli?

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gibson assembly after we PCR the rpsl-strR gene

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epigenetics

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changes in genes that are not the result of changes to the DNA sequence
-may let parents send info abt the world to their kids
-all about chromatin structure and DNA methylation
-like putting a word in bold but not changing the letters

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How does DNA fit into the nucleus?

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it wraps around the histone

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each chromosome has it own?

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domain/ place in the nucleus
-the domains are dynamic and can change
-chromosomal repositioning/ domain rearrangement

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chromosomal DNA hierarchy

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-lamina (LAD) where the chromosomes are under the nuclear membrane
-inside the nucleus
-dna loop
-fiber
-chromatin
-dna (smallest)

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what are eukaryotic chromosomes?

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nucleoprotein complexes
-146 bp of DNA wrapped around histone that has 8 subunits

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is the wrapping of histones highly regulates

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-yes and so is the spacing between beads

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what is a nucleosome bead

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8 histone molecules (4 highly conserved) and 146 bp of DNA wrapped around it
-they coil into chromatin fibers that are then coiled into chromosomes

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what forms chromatin?

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beads on a string,
that chromatin will later be packed by nucleosomes, then the fibers folded into loops

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basic nucleosome structure

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beads on a string
-seen in interphase

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when are the beads on a string visible

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when they compact during meitosis
-but then it is harder to find sequences

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what do histones have that regulate compaction?

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amino acid tails
-they can be covalently modified
-they are also available for chemical modification
-tail modification do not come into contact with DNA

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What loosens the chromatin?

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-acetylation of the histone tail lysines
-it is also reversible
-the lysine side chain will open when it is acetylated
-remove it= deacetylation (compact again bc the DNA can now wrap around tightly again)

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what makes the chromatin more compact?

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methylation of the histone tail lysine
-chromatin will be less active bc it is compacted

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what can the chromatin state be used for

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gene regulation/ expression
-when the gene is wrapped tight around nucleosome the polymerase can express
-wrapped tight= less expression

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what recruites histone acetylases to acetylate the histone?

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transcriptional activators
-open up the chromosome

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what reverses the opening up of the chromosome?

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histone deacetylases

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chromatin remodeling complexes

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move nucleosome aside to reveal TATA/ expose the promoter so transctiption factors and RNA pol 2 can bind tot he DNA

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what recruits chromatin remodeling complexes?

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transcription activators

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what happens when the tails get modified?

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they are recognizable by other proteins which will promote assembly or disassembly of histone

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can histone modifications effect transcription?
yes, depending on the number of methyl groups present
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encode project
use ChIP to map DNA binding proteins in humans -lets us pinpoint regions of the DNA where the modification is and what type it is (methylated or acetylated)
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euchromatin
less packed transcriptionally active DNA
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heterochromatin
highly compact and transcriptionally silent -all methylated
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what do mammals do with their X chromosome?
there can only be one active X chromosome so females will put one in "storage"
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how does heterochromain stain?
dark bc it is tightly packed
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barr body
-transcriptionally inactive bc methylated -what females do with other X
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lyonization
x inactive
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what is mosaic and why are females mosaic
-expressing maternal and paternal X genes throughout the body -females are this bc they have 2 x chromosomes and they each develop independently and activate a different X chromosome -the choice can not be changed not even by the daughter cells of somatic cells -everything is euchromatic until the cell decides which genes to keep on
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are twins truly identical?
no bc they will have different mosaics which is why they can have different phenotypes
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x inactivation
the process of turning off one x chromosome
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where does CpG methylation happen?
5 prime CG 3 prime 3 prime GC 5 prime -prevents transcription factors from binding so this can silence genes -this is NOT DNA methylation in bacteria when they repair damage
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what does methylation interfere with?
DNA binding proteins interacting with DNA bases -the DNA protein will not recognize the bases so it wont bind
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why is folic acid important for pregnancy?
folate is a co factor for methyltransferases
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what happens when CpG hypermethylates cells?
-cells dont get the stop dividing signal leading to cancer -methylation enzymes are over active and demethylases are inactive -results in the CpG island sequence getting silenced therefore no stop codon/ gene inactivation
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imprinting
small deletions of chromosome 15 -can cause prader willi and angelman syndromes -normal 15 is silences which leads to a homozygous deletion of some genes -the different outcomes/ illnesses depend on weather the maternal or paternal gene was deleted
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paternal 15 deleted
prader willi -cant stop eating
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maternal 15 deleted
angelman -always happy and jerky movement
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methylation is removed where
-in embryonic germ cells that are going to form gametes, all imprints are erased and all genes are active -the methylations that will be sex specific (maternal or paternal) are later in germ cell development and then transfered to gametes -the egg will look like mommy somatic cell origianlly looked with each gene active or silenced and sperm will look like daddy cell oriningal did
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what happens when there is a deletion on paternal chromosome?
anything active on the maternal chromosome gets expressed like angelman
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hunger winter fetuses
higher rate of obesity later in life but they were in utero during the hunger winter -as adults they had more ares of CpG methyalation and this hypermethylation was near metabolic genes
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kids of sick worms from PA14
avoid PA14 even though they have never been exposed to it -transgeneration memory of PA14 lasts four generation until worms stop avoiding it
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training c elegans to avoid pa14
-only need short under 200 nt bacterial RNA to train them -just exposing them to this RNA and they know to stay away even though they ahve never seen it before
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P11 RNA
can train animals to stay away from P14 wihtout ever meeting P14 -give P11 to parents and the kids will avoid it -parents never met the actual bacteria just the RNA -has a stem loop complementary to sensory neuron maco-1 in c elegans gene (odor) -maybe RNAi or miRNA mechanism
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RNA dependent RNA polymerase
(RdRP) can amplify RNAi response -that RNAi response can be passed down
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RNAi dicer dcr-1
needed for P11 learning -transgene will express the dicer in the intestine and suggest intestinal processing of ingested bacterial RNA

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