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Levene, 1920s Nucleotides make up DNA Nucleotides have three parts: Sugar Phosphate Nitrogen Base
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Griffith, 1928 Transformation of some information from dead S bacteria to live R bacteria What is the transforming substance? Avery, 1944 Isolate macromolecules (DNA, protein, carbohydrates, lipids) to figure out what was transformed in Griffith’s experiment.
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Chargaff, 1950 Amount of Guanine = Amount of Cytosine Amount of Adenine = Amount of Thymine
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Franklin, 1951 Used X-ray diffraction to take a picture of a DNA molecule
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Hershey and Chase, 1952 Tracked viral DNA in a bacteria Saw that DNA, not protein, was inherited
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Watson and Crick, 1953 Used Franklin’s photo to finalize DNA structure Double Helix or twisted ladder
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phosphate deoxyribose Nitrogen base NUCLEOTIDE COMPLEMENTARY BASE PAIR
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Phosphate groups covalently bond to deoxyribose Covalent bonds are STRONG bonds in which electrons are SHARED! Phosphate and sugar make DNA “backbone” FOUR different nitrogen bases Two are PURINES-two ringed ▪ Adenine (A), guanine (G) Two are PYRIMIDINES-single ringed ▪ Thymine (T), cytosine (C)
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The order of the nitrogen bases in a gene determines what proteins are made Each gene segment codes for specific amino acids The proteins that are made determines the phenotype for the trait
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The specific order and type of base is important! THE CAT ATE THE BAT THE CAT ATE THE TAB THE CAT ATE THE RAT ▪ Huge difference between a bat, tab, and rat!!
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DNA is composed of TWO strands which are linked and twist to form a double helix; looks like a “twisted ladder” Nucleotides of both strands join following base pairing rules Strands are held together by weak hydrogen bonds connecting the nitrogen bases
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Purines and pyrimidines are complementary One strand of DNA determines the other according to its bases Adenine ALWAYS pairs with thymine A T Guanine ALWAYS pairs with cytosine G C
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In order for a cell to pass on its genetic information, DNA must be replicated before cell division so new cells can have the same DNA DNA replication involves: 1. Unwinding the double helix 2. Separating the two strands of DNA to create templates (DNA helicase) 3. Adding free nucleotides to both strands to create new complements (DNA polymerase) ▪ Each double stranded DNA molecule now has one old strand and one new strand
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HELICASE unwinds and unzips the original strand PRIMASE adds a short RNA primer to start replication on the leading strand DNA POLYMERASE adds DNA nucleotides to the leading strand from 5’ to 3’ continuously (toward Helicase) PRIMASE adds a short RNA primer to start replication on the lagging strand DNA POLYMERASE adds DNA nucleotides to the lagging strand from 5’ to 3’ discontinuously (away from Helicase) making Okazaki Fragments DNA POLYMERASE 1 changes the RNA primer to DNA nucleotides LIGASE glues the Okazaki fragments together.
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Enzymes play an important role in DNA replication DNA helicase-unwinds DNA for replication DNA polymerase-adds free nucleotides; also proofreads the new DNA strand for any mistakes to prevent mutations
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All of an organism’s somatic cells have the SAME DNA; nitrogen bases are in the SAME order and code for the SAME proteins
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Swap your 2 nd and 3 rd picture segments 1 2 3 4 Delete the 3 rd picture segment
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Insert the 4 th picture segment after the 1 st picture segment 1 2 3 4 Duplicate the 1 st picture segment
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Point mutations (changes at one point) Substitution ▪ Switch nitrogen bases (so instead of A you get G) Frameshift mutations (moves the DNA sequence) Insertion Deletion Duplication Tandem Repeats
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Missense DNA sequence now codes for a different amino acid Nonsense DNA sequence codes for STOP too early
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Mutagens Examples?
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Clone: an organism that has the same exact DNA as another organism Natural (think asexual reproduction) or lab- made Each clone starts out as an egg then grows into an adult, just like all organisms
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Inserting DNA from one organism into the DNA of another organism Transgenic organisms Animals – lab settings Plants – agriculture Recombinant DNA Genetically Modified Organisms
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Study individual genes Treat some diseases Generate insulin for diabetic medicine Factor VIII (blood clotting for hemophiliacs) Insert new genes into organisms
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Altering the expression of a gene to treat a disease or disorder Treatment v. Enhancement
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Identify non-protein coding regions that are unique to individuals Uses gel electrophoresis to separate the DNA fragments Who did it?
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