DNA Rep & Protein Syn
1928 – Griffith Transformation Experiment
1941-Avery, McCarty, MacLeod
1952-Hershey & Chase
1952-Rosalind Franklin
1953-Watson & Crick
Chromosomes, DNA, and Genes
DNA Structure Deoxyribonucleic Acid Double Helix Made of nucleotides Pentose Sugar (deoxyribose) Phosphate Nitrogenous Base A-T / C-G
Nucleotide
Nitrogenous Bases
Base Pairing
DNA is AntiParallel
DNA is still AntiParallel
How?
Possible Models for DNA Replication
Step 1
Step 2
DNA Replication Animation hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::535 ::535::/sites/dl/free/ /120076/micr o04.swf::DNA%20Replication%20Fork hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::535 ::535::/sites/dl/free/ /120076/micr o04.swf::DNA%20Replication%20Fork
Think About It If your DNA has 6 billion base pairs and generally there is one mistake made for every 100,000bp that are copied during replication, how many errors should result each time you copied your DNA? How many errors result in reality? Why?
Protein Synthesis Overview
RNA Structure Ribonucleic Acid Single Strand of nucleotides Pentose Sugar (ribose) Phosphate Nitrogenous Base A-U / C-G
RNA Nucleotide
3 Types of RNA mRNA, tRNA, rRNA
Protein Synthesis Step 1 – Transcription Step 2 – Translation
Transcription Definition RNA Polymerase DNA Terminator 5’ Cap Poly – A Tail
Transcription Animation hill.com/sites/ /student_view0/cha pter3/animation__mrna_synthesis__transcripti on___quiz_2_.html hill.com/sites/ /student_view0/cha pter3/animation__mrna_synthesis__transcripti on___quiz_2_.html
mRNA Processing hill.com/sites/ /student_view0/chapter 16/animation_-_exon_shuffling.html
Translation Definition
mRNA Codons thedogbitthecatforfun the dog bit the cat for fun aug uuu cgc ggg cua aga uaa
tRNA
Ribosome
Codons
Codons
Translation Animation hill.com/sites/ /student_view0/chapter3/animat ion__how_translation_works.html hill.com/sites/ /student_view0/chapter3/animat ion__how_translation_works.html
Protein Folding
Protein Processing hill.com/sites/ /student_view0/chapter2/animat ion__protein_denaturation.html hill.com/sites/ /student_view0/chapter2/animat ion__protein_denaturation.html
Gene Regulation Repressible Operon – trp Operon Inducible Operon – lac Operon
trp Operon
lac Operon
cAMP & lac Operon
lac Operon Animation hill.com/sites/ x/student_view0/chapter13/anim ation_quiz_- _combination_of_switches__the_lac_operon.html hill.com/sites/ x/student_view0/chapter13/anim ation_quiz_- _combination_of_switches__the_lac_operon.html