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Biology
10th Grade
12/19/2010

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Hershey and Chase
Definition
Found out the genetic material of bacteriophage was DNA
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Avery
Definition
DNA is a transforming factor; DNA stores information
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Griffith
Definition
Heat-killed cells can make live cells disease-causing; bacteria can be transformed
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Watson and Crick
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Discovered the structure of DNA was a double-helix
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Chargaff
Definition
Found out that relative amounts of Adenine and Thymine are the same in DNA; Cytosine and Guanine as well
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Franklin
Definition
Used X-Ray crystalography to find out structure of DNA
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Meselson and Stahl
Definition
Showed that nitrogen bases matched semi-conservative models (replicated simultaneously)
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Pauling
Definition
Believed that DNA was in the shape of a triple helix
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What is the shape of the DNA ladder?
Definition
Double-helix
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What makes up the sides of the DNA ladder?
Definition
Sugar and phosphates
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What makes up the rungs of the DNA ladder?
Definition
Nitrogen bases
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What sugar is in DNA?
Definition
Deoxyribose
Term
What are the two bases that are Purines?
Definition
Adenine and Thymine (double ringed)
Term
What are the two bases that are Pyridimines?
Definition
Thymine and Cytosine (single ringed)
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What bases pair together?
Definition
Adenine----Thymine (double H bound)
Guanine----Cytosine (triple H bound)
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What type of bond holds base pairs together?
Definition
Hydrogen bond
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What three molecules make up a nucleotide?
Definition
Sugar, phosphate, and one nitrogen base
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What protein structure is DNA tightly wound around?
Definition
Histones
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What enzyme opens up the helix during replication?
Definition
Helicase
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Where does replication occur?
Definition
Nucleus
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What are the fragments of DNA called that copy on the lagging strand?
Definition
Okazaki fragments
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Why does one strand copy continuously and the other does not?
Definition
Helicase can only copy one strand at a time
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Why is it necessary for DNA to copy itself?
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So it can grow and repair body cells
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What does semi-conservative mean (in replication)?
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One old (parent) and one new (daughter)
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In what direction does replication occur?
Definition
5:3
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What is the role of DNA polymerase?
Definition
Bonds base pairs together
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What is the role of ligase?
Definition
Bonds sides of the ladder
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Who discovered the DNA structure? In what year?
Definition
Watson and Crick; 1953
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Where does Transcription occur?
Definition
Nucleus
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What is made during Transcription?
Definition
mRNA
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What are three differences between DNA and RNA?
Definition
RNA-ribose is sugar, single stranded, Uracil
DNA-deoxyribose is sugar, double stranded, Thymine
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Where does Translation occur?
Definition
Ribosome
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What is a codon?
Definition
Triplet of mRNA
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What is an anticodon?
Definition
Triplet of tRNA
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What molecule brings the amino acids to the ribosome during Translation?
Definition
tRNA
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What is the name of the bond between two amino acids?
Definition
Peptide bond
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What does a long chain of amino acids make up?
Definition
Polypeptide
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What are some examples of proteins in your body?
Definition
Hair, enzymes, and skin
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What is the mutation in which a base is changed or substituted?
Definition
Point mutation
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What is the mutation in which a base is deleted or added?
Definition
Frameshift mutation
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What is a silent mutation?
Definition
Codes for the same amino acid
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What events occur to turn the lac operon on?
Definition
Lactose must be present; allows transcription to occur
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What events occur to turn the lac operon off?
Definition
Repressor protein binds with operator to prevent transcription
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How do prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA differ?
Definition
Pro-plasmid, no nucleus
Euk-linear, nucleus
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What is the role of a hox gene?
Definition
Controls the differentation of cells and tissues in the embryo
Term
What segments get cut out in RNA editing?
Definition
Introns
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What is the role of DNA?
Definition
Codes for proteins; is the blueprint for life
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Nucleosome
Definition
DNA tightly wound around histones; supercoil and become thick fiber of chromosomes; play role in gene regulation (turning on and off genes)
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What direction do the sides of the DNA ladder run?
Definition
Opposite directions called anti-parallel; important when copying DNA; run in 5'-3' direction
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What is DNA replication?
Definition
Copying of DNA molecules
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What are the steps of DNA replication?
Definition
1.) Helicase breaks down hydrogen bonds between base pairs (rate of 8,000 rpm); DNA unzips at Replication Fork
2.) RNA primer-template to begin replication
3.) Free floating nucleotides pair up with lone nucleotides in a 5'-3' direction
4.)Base pairs bonded together by DNA polymerase
5.) Side of ladder is bonded by ligase
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What are the three types of RNA?
Definition
mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA
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mRNA
Definition
Messenger; transcribes DNA--message to ribosome; in nucleus; triplets called codons (code for amino acids)
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tRNA
Definition
Transfer; takes code from mRNA and translates it into an amino acid; triplets called anticodons
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rRNA
Definition
Ribosomal; makes up structure of ribosome along with proteins
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What are the two types of protein synthesis?
Definition
Transcription and Translation
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Transcription
Definition
Making mRNA from DNA; occurs in the nucleus
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Translation
Definition
Occurs at ribosome; mRNA--tRNA--Amino Acid
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What is a DNA mutation?
Definition
Changes that occur in the nitrogen bases of DNA molecules
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What are the two types of Frameshift Mutation?
Definition
Insertion-add base; Deletion-take out base
Term
What does a Lac Operon contain?
Definition
1.) A promoter
2.) An operator
3.) Three genes
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What is an intron?
Definition
Sequence of DNA that is not involved in coding for a protein
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What is an exon?
Definition
Expressed sequence of DNA; codes for a protein
Term
What are the base pairing rules for DNA? mRNA? tRNA?
Definition
A--T G--C; U--T G--C; U--T G--C
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