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| What are the four attributes of living organisms? |
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(1) Growth
(2) Response to Stimulus
(3) Metabolism
(4) Replication |
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| Describe the physical process of “oxidation". |
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| Oxidation is the process whereby a molecule or ion loses electrons, raising its oxidation number. |
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| Write the equation defining pH. |
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In the post-genomic era, what is the most common method to determine the sequence of a
protein? |
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Definition
| Mass spectrometry sequencing of peptide fragments followed by a search against a genome database. |
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| What does the acronym “DNA” represent? |
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Definition
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| Draw the structure of the A:T base pair. |
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| Draw the structure of the G:C base pair. |
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| Draw a lysine-glutamate salt bridge. |
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| Draw the structure of urea. |
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| Draw an arginine-aspartate salt bridge. |
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| What does the acronym “SDS-PAGE” represent? |
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| Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
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Term
| What is the handedness of B-DNA? |
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Definition
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| Draw a schematic describing the fundamental process of information transfer in cells (the process described by Francis Crick in 1958 as the “central dogma of molecular biology”). |
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| Draw the structure of guanidine hydrochloride (guanidine HCl). |
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| What is the function of DNA Pol III? |
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Definition
| DNA Pol III synthesizes new DNA at the replication fork (“elongation”). |
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| What is the function of DNA Pol I? |
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Definition
| DNA Pol I removes the RNA primers made by primase and fills with DNA. |
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| Draw the structure of the A:U base pair. |
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Term
What are the three most common amino acids in proteins, from most common to least
common? |
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Definition
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Term
What are the three least common amino acids in proteins, from least common to most
common? |
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Definition
| tryptophan, cysteine, histidine |
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Term
| What is the visual shorthand for an α-helix? |
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Definition
| Usually a flat, helical ribbon; sometimes a cylinder. |
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| Describe the physical process of “reduction”. |
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Definition
| Reduction is the process whereby a molecule or ion gains electrons, lowering its oxidation number. |
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| Write the equation defining pOH. |
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Definition
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| Write the equation defining pKw (include its value). |
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| What does the acronym “RNA” represent? |
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| What is the handedness of an α-helix? |
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