V L3: DNA and Biological processing Flashcards

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What is DNA replication?

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semi-conservative

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what forms a short RNA primer?

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Specialised RNA polymerase known as primase

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3
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what is used to synthesis DNA?

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DNA is synthesised using deoxynucleoside 5’-triphoshates (dNTPs).

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4
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what direction is DNA synthesised in ?

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5’ — 3’

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5
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what is the replication fork?

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region where the synthesis occurs

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6
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what are the 2 strands of DNA?

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Leading and Landing

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what is a mutation in DNA?

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Mistakes occasionally occur during DNA replication

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8
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can you inherit a mutation in DNA?

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Can only inherit a mutation if they are present in germ-line cells

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what’s a germ line cell?

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precursor cell that gives rise to gametes

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10
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whats a point mutation?

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A alteration within a gene which involves a single base change

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11
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whats a silent point mutation?

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same amino acid

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12
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whats a Missense mutation ?

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changes one of the RNA codon sequences made during transcription. This different codon will then cause a different amino acid to be inserted into a protein during translation.

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13
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whats a Nonsense mutation ?

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stops codon

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14
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whats a frame shift mutation?

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altered reading frame

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15
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what used as genetic markers in forensic science?

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In Forensic science we use these single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as genetic markers

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16
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what happens in s phase?

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DNA replicates

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17
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what happens in G2 phase?

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the cell undergoes cell division;

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18
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what happens in prophase?

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condensed sister chromatids, forming of mitotic spindle.

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19
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what happen sin metaphase?

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Nuclear envelope broken down. Alignment of chromosomes on equator of the spindle.

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20
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what happens in anaphase?

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Separation of chromatids forming daughter chromosomes.

21
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what happens in telophase?

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Daughter chromosomes arrive at poles, nuclear envelope reassembles around each set of daughter chromosomes.

22
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what happens in cytokinesis?

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Cytoplasm divided into 2, producing 2 daughter cells

23
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what is meiosis?

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Specialised nuclear division producing haploid cells

24
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meiosis is the production of?

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what are the 2 cycles of cell division in meiosis?
Meiosis I and Meiosis II.
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wat happens in meiosis I ?
maternal and paternal pair with each other (synapsis) to form a bivalent chromosome – recombination. Then the maternal and paternal chromosomes pull apart to form daughter cells.
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wat happens in meiosis II?
sister chromatids separate and are pulled to opposite poles, forming 4 haploid cells
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what are the steps of DNA replication?
1. Transcription 2.RNA processing | 3. Translation 4.Replication
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what is a gene?
unit of DNA that contains the information of a single polypeptide chain or a functional RNA (tRNA)
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what does RNA polymerase do?
binds to a specific site on the DNA template and separates strands.
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Bases in the template DNA base pair with incoming | ________ _____
ribonucleoside triphosphates
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what's a non coding RNA molecule
A non-coding RNA (ncRNA) is an RNA molecule that is not translated into a protein.
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whats the product of transcription?
primary RNA transcript
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what happens to primary RNA transcript before its translated?
goes through processing in the nucleus
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what happens to the primary RNA transcript before it goes through processing in the nucleus?
chemically modifying both ends of the mRNA Capping the 5ʹ end Polyadenylation of the 3ʹ end
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what does RNA splicing remove?
introns
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one pre-RNA can produce?
different proteins
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whats leads to different proteins being synthesised from one primary mRNA molecule ?
Alternate or differential splicing
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mature mRNA information is converted from what?
RNA to synthesise a protein
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whats is the RNA sequence expressed as?
three nucleotide code – known as a codon
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what do codons code for?
amino acid | stop in translation process
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where does translation occur?
cell cytoplasm with the adapter molecule transfer RNA
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one amino acid can be coded for by?
more than one mRNA codon.
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How may possible codons does genetic code have?
64
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How many codons can tRNA anti-coon recognise?
more than one
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where is the ABO locus located?
located on chromosome 9
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how big is the ABO locus?
18kb in size with 7 exons
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DNA sequence of A and B alleles differ by .....
7 single nucleotide substitutions
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which amino cid residue are important in determining the gene product is an A-transferase or B-transferase?.
position 266 and 268