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A) What is a genome?

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complete set of genetic info

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B) What is a gene and what does it do?

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functional unit of a genome. it encodes protiens

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C) What is the study of nucleotide sequences called?

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gemnomics

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D) What two tasks must all cells accomplish to multiply? [Figure 7.1]

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Double stranded dna must be repicated

info must be decoded so cell can synthesize protiens

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1) What happens during transcription and translation?

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Translation:interperets the info to synthesize encoded protien
Transcription:Copies info using rna

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1) Why are the ends of DNA referred to as 5’ end and 3’ end?

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number assigned due to number of carbons in the structures.

5 and 3 are where nucleotides bind together

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2) Why are the DNA strands antiparallel?

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oriented in diff directions because one goes 3-5 the other 5-3 ends

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F) What are the main differences between DNA and RNA?

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rna made of ribonucleotides. has uracil instead of thyamine, usually single stranded

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G) What are the three functional types of RNA and what do they do? [Figure 7.3]

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mrna: holds info and corrilates the nucleotides to a aa to make protiens
trna
rrna when rna is the end product.

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H) How is gene expression controlled? [Figure 7.4]

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turn off transcript and reduce the number of transcripts decline

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A) How are bacterial chromosomes replicated? [Figure 7.5 and Table 7.1]

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through bionary fission.

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1) What is the replication fork?

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where dna synthesis occurs in between the 2 bacteria on both ends

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2) Why is the replication said to be semiconservative?

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because each cell has .5 of the original dna and the other half is synthesised

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3) What is the origin of replication?

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to initiate replication protiens must bind to distinct dna sequences

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4) What is the role of primers?

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recorded segments of rna from dna

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5) What is the role of DNA polymerase? [Figure 7.6]

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synthesize dna in 5-3 direction. They add nucleotides on end of 3 to start reaction which provides e

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6) What are the differences between synthesizing the leading and lagging strand? [Figure 7.7]

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leading is on 3 side which is composed of nucloetides.

The 5 is more complicated and requires that rna primer is used.

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A) What is transcription and how is it done? [Table 7.2}

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When rna makes a copy of dna

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1) What is the role of RNA polymerase? [Figure 7.8]

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synthesizes single stranded rna from dna

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2) What is the promoter and terminator?

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promoter: on the dna which tells where rna sould start copying and terminator is what tells it where to stop.

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3) How does RNA made during transcription compare to the DNA template? [Figure 7.9]

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It is opposite/ the pair of the minus strand of dna, but with uracil instead of thyamine

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4) What are the plus and minus strands?

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minus is the strand used as teh template. Plus is the opposite side.

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5) What is the difference between monocistronic and polycistronic mRNA molecules?

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transcript that covers 1 gene

one that carries multiple genes

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B) How is RNA synthesized? [Figure 7.10]

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process initiated when rna polymerase binds to the promoter causing it to unzip.
then sigma factors leave rna to complete transcription.

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1) What is the sigma factor?

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part of the polymerase that recognizes the promotor

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2) What is the role of the promoter? [Figure 7.11]

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help rna know where a new sequence begins

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3) What happens during the elongation phase?

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sigma facotr dissociates from rna, leavinf it to complete transcription.

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D) What is translation and what happens during this process? [Table 7.3]

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process of decodign infor carried on mrna to synthesize a specific protien

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1) What is mRNA’s job? [Figure 7.12]

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act as temporary copy of dna

30
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-What is a codon? [Table 7.4]

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series of 3 nucleotides

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-What are reading frames? [Figure 7.13]

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how triplets( 3nucleotides) are grouped

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2) What is the role of ribosomes?

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strings amino acids together

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3) What does tRNA do? What type of structure does it have? [Figure 7.14]

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trna recognizes different and base pairs codons and then delivers proper aa to that area.
has anticodon.

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-What are anticodons?

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has complimentary nucleotides to codon of mrna

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4) How is translation initiated? [Figure 7.15]

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by ribosome binding to mrna

36
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-Why is AUG important?

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usually the “start” codon

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5) How is the polypeptide chain elongated? [Figure 7.16]

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????2 rna’s bind to a nd p sites on ribosome. this matches up the aa’s and allows them to bind to eachother

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-How is the elongation terminated?

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when ribosome reaches the stop codon. free poly peptide by brekinf covalent bond holding ti to trna

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6) What do chaperones do to some polypeptides?

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chaperones help fold poly peptides

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A) How do eukaryotes differ from prokaryotes in transcription and translation? [Table 7.5]

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prokaryotes: mrna is not processed, mrna doesnt contain introns, translation of rrna begins as it is being translated, mena is often polyinstronic.

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1) What is splicing? [Figure 7.17]

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taking a segment of hte transcript out

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2) What are introns and exons?

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interveining sequences

expressed region

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A) What is signal transduction?

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takes signal from out of cell and brings it in.

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B) What is quorum sensing, how is it done, and why is it useful? [Figure 7.18]

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sense density of cells in their own poplulation. this helps them to know if there is enough of them to make it worth it to activate certain genes

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C) What is the two-component regulatory system, how is it done, and why is it useful? [Figure 7.19]

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way cells detect changes in environment. know for switching to alternate metabolism. A sensor detects variation and in response phosphorylates a aa. the phosphate is then transfered ro regulator which can turn on or off a cell.

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D) What is antigenic variation and how does demonstrate the role of natural selection?

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alteration in characteristics of surface protiens. This can help them stay a step ahead of bodies defenses so they can stay alive.

47
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E) What is phase variation? Give an example.

7.6 Bacterial Gene Regulation [pg. 179]

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routine of switching on and off genes. ecoli and pilli alowing them to attatch and detatch

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A) What is an operon? What are regulons?

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regulated genes transcribed by one polyintrisic messade,

regulond: seperate operons that are controlled by a singular regulatory mechanism

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B) What are the three enzyme groups and what are their characteristics? [Figure 7.20]

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constitutive:enzymes that are synthesized constantly( always active)
Inducible: are not routinely working( can be turned on when needed)
Repressible: produced routinely, but synthesis cna be turned off when not needed.

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C) What are the alternative sigma factors and what do they do?

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recognize different promotors

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D) What is a repressor and how does it work? [Figure 7.21]

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regulatory protien that blocks transcription

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What are the two function by which repressors function?

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  • induction- repressor is synthesized and binds to the operator.
  • repression-doesn’t bind to the operator
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E) What is an activator and how does it work? [Figure 7.22]

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facilitates transcription.

Bbinds to site and enhances ability of rna to to initiate transcription.

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F) What is the lac operon and why is it important? [Figure 7.23]

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operon that encodes proteins to degrade lactose. So that way if source of glucose is gone it can switch to lactose

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1) What happens when lactose or glucose is in the cell? [Figure 7.25]

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gluclose there is a repressor that prevents transcription when lactose is not available

56
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) What is CCR?

3) What is diauxic growth? [Figure 7.24]

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ccr- carbon catabolite repressor which represses the lac when a better source of carbon( gluclose is present)
diauxic growth: when growth is on 2 different nutrients

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4) What is inducted exclusion?

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when the gluclose transporter component binds to lac preventing it from activating

58
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A) What is RNA interference? [Figure 7.26]

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uses rna to locate other rna to destory them.

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A) What is the field of bioinformatics?

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computer tech used to retrieve and annalyze nucleotide sequences

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B) What are ORF and how can they be used?

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Open reading frames: help find the start and end sequences and helps us know codes for protiens

61
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C) What is Metagenomics?

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annaysis of total microbial genomes in an environment

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