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translation, DNA mutation repair, gene regulation prokaryotes & eukaryotes

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show Translation  
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show amino acids, mRNA, ribosomes, tRNA  
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show Eukaryotic ribosomes are bigger and consist of more nucleotides  
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rRNA genes are____ repetitive and ___ repeated   show
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show adapter molecules that have anticodons that base pair with mRNA codons and carry a corresponding amino acid on their 3' end  
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show post-transcriptionally modified bases which enhance H-bonding efficiency during translation.(about 10% of nucleotides in tRNA are modified)  
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Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase charges (activates)   show
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show amino acid  
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show the small and large ribosomal subunits GTP charged initiator tRNA Mg2+ initiation factors  
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Initiation of translation in bacteria requires this sequence that procedes the AUG start codon. This sequence pairs with the 16S rRNA of the 30S small ribosomal subunit   show
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Elongation requires both ribosomal subunits assembled with the mRNA in order to form these two sites   show
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show polypeptide chain from the tRNA and release it from the translation complex  
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termination is signaled by a   show
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mRNAs with several ribosomes translating at once   show
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The eukaryotic equivalent of the Shine-Dalgarno sequence   show
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Is protein folding co-translational?   show
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post-translational modification consists of:   show
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show impart different functional capabilities based on folding; exons are proposed to encode these domains; one or more present in proteins  
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show happens naturally; low rates; vary from species to species and gene to gene  
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show result from the influence of an extraneous factor  
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somatic mutations   show
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show occur in gametes, thus making them transferable  
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autosomal mutations   show
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show occur within genes located on the X chromosome  
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show one base pair is altered  
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show change a codon;change amino acid  
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show changes a codon into a stop codon causing premature termination of translation  
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show alter a codon; no amino acid change  
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show pyrimidine altered to another pyrimidine or purine altered to another purine  
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transversion   show
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show insertions or deletions of a base pair  
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neutral mutations   show
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show small insertions or deletions  
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show can result in mutations due to anomalous base pairing  
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show depurination; deamination  
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show loss of a purine base  
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show amino group in cytosine or adenine is converted to uracil and adenine is converted to hypoxanthine  
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transposons act as   show
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show transition mutations  
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intercalating agents   show
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show pyrimidine dimers which distort the DNA conformation causing replication errors  
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ionizing radiation(gamma rays,xrays,cosmic rays)   show
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most human genetic diseases are   show
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trinucleotide repeats   show
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show found in coding regions like the polyglutamic tract or in non coding regions like toxic RNAs that sequester regulatory proteins  
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show lack glycosyltransferase activity  
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show DNA polymerase III is able to recognize and correct errors in replication; catches 99% of errors  
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Mismatch repair   show
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post replication repair   show
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SOS repair system in E.Coli   show
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show in E.coli removes thymine dimers caused by UV light; depends on the activity of the photoreactivation enzyme(PRE)  
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Two types of excision repair   show
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Excision repair requires three steps   show
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show DNA glysolyase enzymes recognize specific bases; enzyme cleaves the glycosyl bond that connects a particular recognized base to the back bone sugar, removing it from the DNA  
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER)   show
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show activated when both strands are cleaved; nonhomologous end joining & homologous recombinational repair are the two types  
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show digest back the 5' ends of the broken helix; 3' ends interact with a region of undamaged sister chromatid; DNA polymerase copies the undamaged DNA sequence into the damaged strand  
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The Ames test   show
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Inducing mutations can involve these processes   show
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show insert into a gene coding or regulatory region  
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show single base pair changes, deletions, insertions  
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show chromosomal breaks, deletions, translocations  
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show visual or biochemical examination of large numbers of mutagenized organisms  
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show regulating transcription  
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show a group of genes is regulated and expressed together as a unit  
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The structural genes of the lac operon are transcribed as a   show
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show a cluster of functionally related genes undeer coordinated control by a single on-off "switch"  
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Three parts of the operon   show
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show inducible system  
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lac Z gene   show
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show encodes for permease which transports lactose into the bacterial cell  
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lac A gene   show
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show is bound by the lac repressor molecule at the operator, which blocks transcription of the lac genes  
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lac I   show
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regulatory elements are almost always located____   show
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molecules that bind cis-acting sites are ______ ____   show
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analysis of lac expression in the absence or presence of lactose in ____ ___ ___ was used to prove the operon model for the lac operon   show
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show glucose, because it requires one less step of metabolism  
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show no repressor bound at the operator and CAP must be bound at the CAP-binding site  
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show exerts positive control of lac operon; binds the CAP-binding site and facilitates the binding of RNA polymerase at the promoter  
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Can glucose inhibit CAP? if so how?   show
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show crystal structure analysis  
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show repression loop  
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binding of the ___ ___ ___ at a cis-acting site can regulate the gene cluster both positively and negatively   show
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positive regulation   show
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negative regulation   show
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show presence; the trp operon is a catabolic pathway  
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show a conformation change in the repressor allowing it to bind to the operator of the trp operon  
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attenuator   show
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show 1)when tryptophan is present: transciption of leader regions still occurs but is abruptly halted before the operon genes are transcribed 2)when tryptophan is absent: transciption proceeds through the entire operon  
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show 1) 1&2 + 3&4: transcription termination conformation 2) 2&3: non terminating conformation  
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show hairpin  
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show antiterminator  
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show threonine, histidine, leucine, and phenylalanine  
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show TRAP (trp RNA-binding attenuation protein)  
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show terminator hairpin; antiterminator hairpin  
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uncharged tRNAtrp induces expression of the _____ gene, which sends the signal that trp is scarce   show
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The AT protein   show
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show temporally. in multicellular eukaryotes these genes are also spatially regulated  
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prokaryotes ____ and ___; eukaryotes ____ and ____   show
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Gene regulation in eukaryotes is ___ ___ than it is in prokaryotes   show
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show B-cells produce immunoglobins that bind antigens; each B-cell produces only one type of immunoglobulin; variable regions allow recognition of a specific antigen  
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___ __ in B-cells contribute to antibody diversity   show
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random recombination: how many different LV and J regions?   show
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two other mechanisms that increase antibody diversity are:   show
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chromatin modification can   show
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show 1)histone variants 2)Histone modification 3)chromatin remodeling  
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histone modification   show
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show 1) acetylation by histone acetyltransferase(HAT) opens up chromatin 2)removal of acetyl groups by histone deacetylase(HDAC) closes the configuration 3)phosphorylation 4)methylation  
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show sum of complex patterns and interactions of histone modifications that change chromatin organization and gene expression  
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show repositioning of nucleosomes lets different chromosomal region become accessible to transcription proteins. an example is SWI/SNF  
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show 1)altering contacts between DNA and histones 2)altering the path of the DNA around the nucleosome 3)altering the structure of the nucleosome core itself  
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DNA methylation   show
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show located in and near promoter sequences and adjacent to genes  
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show a stable, mitotically and meotically heritable phenotype that results from changes in gene expression without alterations in the DNA sequence  
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three major epigenetic mechanisms   show
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whether methylation is beneficial or detrimental depends on   show
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transcriptionally inert regions are often found to be   show
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methylation patterns are ____ and ___   show
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show a change in the pattern of gene expression by inducing the expression of normally silent genes  
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show 1)ope n config.=DNA is unmethylated and histones are acetylated, allowing genes to be transcribed 2)closed config.=DNA methylatted at CpG islands and histones are deacetylated. genes can't be transcribed  
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