DNAStructureandReplication
Transformation: Robert Griffith (1928)
DNA is the Transformer: Avery (1944)
Chromosomes and DNA
DNA has 4 Bases
Four DNA Bases AdenineThymine Guanine Cytosine
The Sugar Deoxyribose
The Nucleotides A G T C
AdenineThymine Adenine pairs with Thymine Hydrogen Bonding
GuanineCytosine Guanine pairs with Cytosine Hydrogen Bonding
DNA
Genes and Base Pairs: A Comparison Species Genes (estimated) Base Pairs Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) 6,00012 million Round Worm (Caenorhabditis elegans) 19,00099 million Mouse (Mus musculus) 40,0003 billion Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster) 13, million Human (Homo sapiens) 40,0003 billion
The “Central Dogma”
Possible Modes of DNA Replication
Replication: 5’ to 3’ Direction ONLY Continuous replication on one strand Discontinuous replication on one strand
DNA Replication is Catalyzed by Enzymes
DNA Polymerase Adds Complementary Bases
DNA Polymerase Sees Errors
DNA Polymerase Repairs Errors