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Test 4
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/21/2009

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Watson and Crick
Definition
Found the double helix
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Phages
Definition
Viruses that specifically attack bacteria (bacteriophages)
Term
T2 phages
Definition
attack E. Coli (hershey and Chase)
Term
Hershey and Chase
Definition
injected DNA into the phage inables new viral DNA to produce new viruses
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Diploid
Definition
has twice the amount of DNA as Haploid
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Chargoff
Definition
DNA composition varies from species to species, the four bases are the same, but the ratios are different
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Chargoffs rules
Definition
%T=%A and %G=%C
Humans 29.4=30.9 and 19.9=19.8
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Purine bonded with purine in double helix
Definition
too wide
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Pyrimidine bonded with pyrimidine
Definition
too narrow
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Purine with pyrimidine
Definition
width consistant with x-ray data
Term
nucleotides with retrospect to DNA
Definition
linked to form new strands
*can only be added to the 3' end*
Term
Semiconcervitive mode of replication
Definition
double helix replicates each of the daughter molecules will have one old strand and one newly made strand
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DNA polymerase
Definition
catalyzes the elongation of new DNA at replication fork
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Helicase
Definition
untwists and seperates the template
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DNA repair
Definition
enzyme cuts out damage, repair by DNA polymerase, DNA ligase seals
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Flow of genetic transformation
Definition
DNA-> mRNA -> Protein
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Beadle and Tatum
Definition
One gene and one polypeptide
- not all proteins are enzymes and yet their synthesis depends on specific genes
Term
Transcription
Definition
DNA strand provides a template for the synthesis of a complemetary RNA strand
----in the nucleus----
*produces RNA*
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Translation
Definition
information conatined in the mRNA is used to determine the amino acid sequence of polypeptide.
----Carried out in ribosomes in ctoplasm---
*mRNA synthesis
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TATA Box
Definition
replication begins here
Transcription factors read it.
Term
Transfer RNA
Definition
used to transfer amino acids from the cytoplasm's pool to a ribosome and decodes the condone mRNA. (tRNA).
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Initiation
Definition
brings together mRNA, tRNA with the first amino acid, and the two ribosomal subunits.
Term
Elongation
Definition
cnsists od a series of three step cycles as each amino acid is added to the proceeding one.
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Translocation
Definition
ribosomes move the tRNA with the attached polypeptide from the A site to the P site.
Term
Termination
Definition
occurs when one of the three stop codones reach the A site.
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Signal Recognition particle
Definition
binds to a signal peptide and attaches it and its robosomes to the rough ER.
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3 codones
Definition
equal one amino acid
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Gene
Definition
a region of DNA whose final product is either a polypetide or an RNA molecule.
Term
Virus
Definition
Genome enclosed in a protective coat.
-only reproduce in host cell.
Term
Viral Genomes
Definition
wither double or single stranded DNA or RNA. Circular or linear molecule of nucleic acid.
Term
Caspids
Definition
protective protein coat
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Host range
Definition
limited range of cells the virus can infect
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LYTIC CYCLE
Definition
phage reproduces when host cell as died
EX. Virulent Phages
Bacterium breaks open releasing phages.
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LYSOGENIC CYCLE
Definition
page genome replicates without destroying host cell.
Term
prophage
Definition
Phage DNA integrated with chromosome bacteria
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