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BSI- Lecture 4
BSI- Lecture 4
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08/21/2013

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Term
contain long threads of DNA and associated proteins
Definition
Chromosomes
Term
Humans have ___ chromosomes
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46
Term
humans have ___ pairs of autosomes
Definition
22
Term
non-sex chromosomes
Definition
autosomes
Term
One chromosome of each pair of autosomes are inherited from the _______ and ____
Definition
mother and father
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There are 2 sex chromosomes, they are:
Definition
X and Y
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Males have an ___ and ___ chromosome
Definition
X and Y
Term
Females have an ____ and ___ chromosome
Definition
X and X
Term
The display of all chromosomes in a cell
Definition
Karyotype
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During _____ the chromosomes have to be packaged very tightly in an organized manner
Definition
mitosis
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Threadlike mass of genetic material (DNA and histone proteins)--form "beads on a string" (11nm) structure
Definition
Level 1
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Basic structural unit of a chromosome
Definition
Nucleosome
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During level 1, two turns of DNA helix wound around ______ of histones, plus one ___ region
Definition
octomeric --- linker
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is the DNA you see between the "beads"
Definition
Linker region
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Histones contained in octomeric core:
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two of each of H2A, H2B, H3, H4
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Level 2 contains
Definition
Chromatin fiber (30nm)
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Level 3-
Definition
Chromatin fiber forms loops (300 nm)
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Level 4:
Definition
Lopps are condensed into chromosomes (700nm)
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End of the chromosomes
Definition
Telomeres
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Repeated sequences which allow the ends of the chromosomes to be replicated and also to protect ends from being mistaken by the cell as broken DNA
Definition
Telomeres
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One of the paired and parallel strands of a duplicated chromosome joined by a single centromere
Definition
Chromatid
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a duplicate copy of a chromatid joined by the centromere
Definition
Sister chromatid
Term
constricted region of a mitotic chromosome where sister chromatids are bound together
Definition
Centromere
Term
_____ is the part of the cell cycle when the cell is not dividing. Most of the chromatin needs to be packaged less tightly than a mitotic chromosome
Definition
Interphase
Term
During interphase most of the chromatin needs to be packaged ___ tightly than a mitotic chromosome
Definition
less
Term
During packaging of interphase, parts(___%) of the chromosome are highly condensed (heterochromatin)
Definition
10%
Term
During packaging of interphase, parts (10%) of the chromosome are.....
Definition
highly condensed
Term
heterochromatin means
Definition
highly condensed
Term
During packaging of interphase, the DNA is so tightly packaged that enzymes for ______ cannot access it.
Definition
Transcription.
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During packaging of interphase, since the DNA is so tightly packed--genes that are located in areas of heterochromatin are ________
Definition
not transcribed and considered "off"
Term
During packaging of interphase, the tight packaging of heterochromatin resembles that of "____" of a mitotic chromosome.
Definition
level 4
Term
Most regions of the interphase chromosome are ______
Definition
less condensed
Term
euchromatin means
Definition
less condensed
Term
Enzymes can easily access the _____ areas.
Definition
less condensed
Term
Genes found in the euchromatin can be ________ since it is less condensed.
Definition
transcribed
Term
The packing of euchromatin resembles ______ packaging of a mitotic chromosome.
Definition
Level 2
Term
DNA is a ____ stranded molecule
Definition
double
Term
Each strand of DNA if made up of _____
Definition
nucleotides
Term
Each strand of DNA has a chemical ______
Definition
polarity
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Each strand has a __' and ___' end
Definition
3' and 5'
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____ end has an exposed OH
Definition
3'
Term
___ end has an exposed phosphate group
Definition
5'
Term
The 3' end is also known as having the ____ end
Definition
hole
Term
The 5' end is also known as having the ____ end
Definition
yellow knob
Term
DNA strands run in ____ directions
Definition
opposite
Term
DNA strands are held together by ______ between bases
Definition
hydrogen bonds
Term
DNA strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between _____
Definition
bases
Term
Thymine pairs with ____
Definition
Adenine
Term
Cytosine pairs with ____
Definition
guanine
Term
complimentary base pairing forms _____ bonds between bases of the nucleotides
Definition
hydrogen
Term
complementary base pairing has two strands that form a _____
Definition
double helix
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Nucleotide structure
Definition
C-N aromatic compounds, single ringed, and double ringed
Term
C-N aromatic compounds contain
Definition
ribose (sugar), phosphate, and a base
Term
pyrimidines are ____ ringed
Definition
single ringed
Term
purines are ____ ringed
Definition
double
Term
Nucleotides are linked via ______ to form a strand of DNA
Definition
Phosphodiester bonds
Term
phosphodiester bonds form between:
Definition
3' -OH group of one sugar and 5' phosphate group of another
Term
5' end of a nucleotide has an exposed ____
Definition
phosphate
Term
3' end of a nucleotide carries exposed or unlinked _____
Definition
-OH group
Term
During synthesis of DNA, the new nucleotide is attached to the ______
Definition
3' end
Term
A gene is usually defined as a segment of:
Definition
DNA that contains the instructions for making a particular protein (or RNA, if that is the final product)
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the only type of RNA that is translated into protein
Definition
mRNA
Term
RNA that is not translated into protein:
Definition
rRNA and tRNA
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Other types of RNA that are not translated into protein
Definition
snRNA, miRNA, others...
Term
RNA Structure is a _____ molecule
Definition
single stranded
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RNA Structure is composed of ______
Definition
Ribonucleic acids
Term
In RNA structure, there is an OH group at the _____ position of the _____
Definition
2' ---- sugar
Term
In RNA what bases are used:
Definition
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil (instead of Thymine)
Term
What is the term used when you take an oxygen away from a ribose?
Definition
Deoxyribose
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