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NCSU Genetics 311 Emigh Exam 4
Exam 4
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Undergraduate 3
04/30/2009

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Shene-Dalgarno
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Initiation sequence in Eukaryotes for translation which includes start dodon and other coding sequences
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fMet
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Initial tRNA is formulated in Prokaryotes. Initiation sequence
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AUG
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Kozac sequence and is the optimal context for initiation of translation (start codon) in Eukaryotes
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Peptidyl Site
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Peptidyl transferase
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Aminoacyl site
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Anitcodon
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tRNA
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Stop codon
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GTP-Dependent release factors
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Aminoacyl synthetase
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DNA binding domain
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motif
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Metabolic block
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Biosynthetic block
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A block in a biosynthetic pathway where an enzyme the organism needs is nonfunctioning and the product is not being produced
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Degradative block
Definition
Organism can not degrade a metabolite because of a nonfunctioning organism
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Primary Structure
Definition
Amino Acid Sequence
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Secondary Structure
Definition
First level of folding including the Alpha-helices and Beta-pleated sheets
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Tertiary Structure
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3D structure of a single protein molecule
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Quaternary structure
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2 or more proteins that interact
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Codon
Definition
Set of bases that encode for a single amino acid
mRNA
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Wobble
Definition
Change in base at the third position in a codon
Rules: 1) Normal pairing occurs 2)G pairs with U 3) I will pair with U, C, or A
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Positive Control
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Transcription won't start without molecule attached to DNA. Presence of molecule on DNA depends on concentration of trigger molecule
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Negative control
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Transcription starts and molecule is used to block RNA polymerase from transcribing
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Repressible
Definition
Presence of trigger molecule turns transcription off
Ex. Trp operon
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inducible
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REpressor is off DNA when trigger molecule is present in high concentration
Ex. Lac operon
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operator
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cistron
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apoinducer
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inducer
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repressor
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corepressor
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Beta-galactosidase
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attenuation
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leader peptide
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genomic equivalence
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helix-turn-helix
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zinc finger
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leucine zipper
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methylation
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homeodomain (homeotic)
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transcriptional activator
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insulator
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sex lethal
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transformed
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double-sex
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loss of function
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gain of function
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cell differentiation
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development
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spatial regulation
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temporal regulation
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developmental fate
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transdetermination
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maternally expressed
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bicoid
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nanos
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Hunchback
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gap gene
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pair rule
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even-skipped
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odd-skipped
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even expressed
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odd expressed
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segment polarity
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segment identity
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antp
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ubx
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hox
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synonymous
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nonsynonymous
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silent
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Change in DNA sequence that does not change amino acid sequence
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missense
Definition
change in DNA that causes substitution of one amino acid for another
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readthrough
Definition
Mutation changing a stop codon into one of the 20 amino acids
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cryptic
Definition
Mutationthat modifies the interon splicing site infomration
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nonsense
Definition
Makes a stop codon out of normal amino acid
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ectopic
Definition
Changes among cis-elements may change way gene is regulated. Different Tissue
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eccronic
Definition
Changes among cis-elements may change way gene is regulated. Different Time
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suppression
Definition
Where canges will turn off expression of a gene. Occurs through substitutions or length mutations
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frameshift
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TRED
Definition
Trinucleotide Expansion Diseases p267
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anticipation
Definition
Number of repeats in TREDS increase through generations when too many copies are present and symptoms get worse
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transition
Definition
Mutation from pyrimidine to pyrimidine
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transversion
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Mutation from pyrimidine to purine and vice versa
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tautomeric shift
Definition
A to C
or T to G
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base analog
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deamination
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alkylation
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intercalation
Definition
Chemicals that insert themselves into the DNA stack and act like base pair analogs. DNA replication and TRanscription can not occur
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direct repair
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Repairs Dimerization and some base analogs. Does not replace altered nucleotides, but changes back into correct structure
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mismatch repair
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Repairs many types of base substitutions including errors in DNA replication. Polymerase backs up and takes out the nucleotide just added and replaces through normal elongation
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base excision
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Repairs abnormal bases, modified bases
Process 1) Cut out base 2) Excise ribose and phosphate 3)Replase
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photoreactivation
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post-replication repair
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Xeroderma pigmentosum
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Biosynthetic Pathway
Definition
Production of some product the organism needs.
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Degrative Pathway
Definition
Degradation of some product the organism needs to eliminate.
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