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Molecular Bio Sykes MIC 445
Test 2 Molecular Biology Sykes MIC 445
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Microbiology
Kindergarten
09/21/2011

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Term
Cosmid Vector
Definition
Combination of plasmid vector and COS site that allows target DNA to be inserted into the 1 head. Has high transformation efficiency, can carry up to 45kb plasmid
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Genomic DNA library
Definition
Coding region for a gene may be interrupted by introns, non-coding regions included, unbiased representation of expression levels
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cDNA library
Definition
Introns are removed, no junk DNA, biased representation of coding sequence expression levels
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RNaseH
Definition
Nicks the RNA strand of the RNA/DNA hybrids, possesses 5-3/3-5 exoribonuclease activity. Nicks RNA and digests in both directions
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E.coli DNA pol I
Definition
Extends the RNA primer to synthesize second strand cDNA. Has 5-3 exonuclease activity that removes RNA fragments in front of enzyme.
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T4 DNA ligase
Definition
Links fragments created by E.coli DNA Pol I, adds synthetic oligos that anneal to create a cut restriction enzyme site for cloning.
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T4 DNA pol
Definition
5-3 DNA pol, 3-5 exonuclease, used for creating blunt ends of DNA with 5 or 3 overhangs
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Adaptors
Definition
Oligos created by the addition of T4 DNA ligase
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Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)
Definition
Used to add a homopolymetric tail to the 5' strand of the first cDNA strand
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Non-expression library
Definition
Every fragment is part of the screen, screen is hybridization-based
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Expression Library
Definition
Every fragment is part of a function-based screen, frame, orientation and genomic position considerations limit the proportion of the library that can be usefully screened
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Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Definition
Occurs in replication, transcription, translation (rRNA/tRNA structures), recombination, RNA interference, used to study gene structure and function
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Hybridization Probe
Definition
Used to identify a gene from a non-expression library, is a nucleic acid that is complementary to a specific gene or nucleic acid sequence of interest.
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Homologous Sequence
Definition
Sequence is exactly complementary to the nucleic acid sequence you are searching for.
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Heterologous (Degenerate) Sequence
Definition
Sequence is similar to, but not exactly complementary.
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Mixed sequence
Definition
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RNA Probe sensitivity
Definition
Greater than DNA probes
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