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Molecular Biology Principles Flashcards

1
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DNA structure

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2 polynucleotide chains, double helix, sugar phosphate back bone,

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2
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How are nucleotides joined together?

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phosphodiester linkage

hydroxyl group of 3 carbon phosphate group of 5 carbon

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3
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What are nucleotides?

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phosphate, sugar, base

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4
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What are nucleosides?

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base and sugar

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5
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How are the base and sugar joined together?

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peptidic bond

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6
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How many hydrogen bonds does G+C have?

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3

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How many hydrogen bonds does A+T have?

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2

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8
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How does DNA replication occur?

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  • ORI region (AT bases)
  • DNA gyrase and helicase make DNA unwind
  • DNA polymerase - synthesises template DNA
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What enzymes promote the unwinding of DNA in DNA replication?

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DNA gyrase and helicase

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10
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What is the core enzyme in Transcription?

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RNA polymerase

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11
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What happens in transcription?

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Coding strand is transcribed into mRNA

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12
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Where does transcription start?

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At a promotor 10 bases up form start site

-10 TATAAT and -35 TTGACA

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13
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What is the transcriptional terminator?

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inverted repeats forming a stem loop in the mRNA

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14
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What is the core enzyme in translation?

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Ribosomes

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15
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What is the function of a ribosome?

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to incorporate charged tRNA in the A site following the mRNA template

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16
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How are genomes organised in eukaryotes?

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Several linear DNA molecules are present within the membrane enclosed nucleus

17
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How are genomes organised in prokaryotes?

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circular chromosome is packed into a structure called nucleoid
also contain plasmids

18
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What does a genome contain?

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genes, RNA, regulatory RNA regions, noncoding DNA regions

19
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which genome is larger; bacterial or mammals?

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mammals

20
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How many genes are in 2 Mb genome?

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2,000

21
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How do prokaryotes replicate DNA?

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bidirectional replication - two replication forks

from ORI to Ter

22
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How is GC Skew measured?

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GC skew = (G-C) /( G+C)

23
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What is the GC skew used for?

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to identify leading and lagging strand in bacterial chromosome

24
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Which strand, leading or lagging, has more G+T?

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leading

25
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What causes excess G+T in the leading strand?

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hydrolytic deamination of cytosine to uracil

26
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what genes are encoded in the leading strand?

A

highly transcribed and essential genes

Molecular Biology III (7 decks)

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