nuc acids Flashcards
(55 cards)
who makes the backbone of the DNA ?
phosphate groups
each phosphate can bind to maximum amount of water
6 water molecules
wt prevents the DNA phosphate group from repelling each other ?
water
magensium ions
proteins like histones
water , magnesium and histone how does it affect the DNA ?
makes it less shaky and more stable
transversion mutation is caused by wt ?
radiation ot chemicals
transition mutation caused by ?
deamination ( a chemical change inside the base )
wt happens in framshift mutation ?
adding or deleting 1 or 2 letters changes everything
wdwm by repeat expansion mutation
a small sequence of DNA is repeated many times accidentally
expansion mutation causes wt ?
huntingtons disease
deamination meaning ?
removing an amino group
ROS induced oxidative wdwm ?
reactive oxygen can damage DNA
which DNA happerns when theres humid ?
B DNA
which dna looks like a right hand spiral ?
B dna
which DNA is the dry version ?
A-DNA
a right hand spiral but very tight which dna ?
A DNA
forms like a left hand spiral ?
Z DNA
which DNA forms during transcription
Z dna
who forms as a result in torision ?
Z DNA
Prokaryotes chromosome is a wt dna ?
circular
in bacteria the DNA is found where ?
nucleoid
what should happen to the dna of bacteria to fit in the small cell
it needs to be compacted
large DNA are compactedby who
nucleoid associated proteins
which dna is bigger eukaryotic dna or prokaryotic dna ?
eukaryotic dna is much bigger
each chromosome is wrapped around proteins called ?
histones