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12.1 DNA and RNA
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Section Outline 12–1 DNA A. Griffith and Transformation
1. Griffith’s Experiments 2. Transformation B. Avery and DNA C. The Hershey-Chase Experiment 1. Bacteriophages 2. Radioactive Markers D. The Structure of DNA 1. Chargaff’s Rules 2. X-Ray Evidence 3. The Double Helix
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Percentage of Bases in Four Organisms
Section 12-1 Percentage of Bases in Four Organisms Source of DNA A T G C Streptococcus Yeast Herring Human
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Figure 12–2 Griffith’s Experiment
Section 12-1 Heat-killed, disease-causing bacteria (smooth colonies) Harmless bacteria (rough colonies) Control (no growth) Harmless bacteria (rough colonies) Heat-killed, disease-causing bacteria (smooth colonies) Disease-causing bacteria (smooth colonies) Dies of pneumonia Dies of pneumonia Lives Lives Live, disease-causing bacteria (smooth colonies) :
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Figure 12–2 Griffith’s Experiment
Section 12-1 Heat-killed, disease-causing bacteria (smooth colonies) Harmless bacteria (rough colonies) Control (no growth) Harmless bacteria (rough colonies) Heat-killed, disease-causing bacteria (smooth colonies) Disease-causing bacteria (smooth colonies) Dies of pneumonia Dies of pneumonia Lives Lives Live, disease-causing bacteria (smooth colonies)
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Hershey-Chase Experiment
Section 12-1 Bacteriophage with phosphorus-32 in DNA Phage infects bacterium Radioactivity inside bacterium Bacteriophage with sulfur-35 in protein coat Phage infects bacterium No radioactivity inside bacterium
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Hershey-Chase Experiment
Section 12-1 Bacteriophage with phosphorus-32 in DNA Phage infects bacterium Radioactivity inside bacterium Bacteriophage with sulfur-35 in protein coat Phage infects bacterium No radioactivity inside bacterium
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Hershey-Chase Experiment
Section 12-1 Bacteriophage with phosphorus-32 in DNA Phage infects bacterium Radioactivity inside bacterium Bacteriophage with sulfur-35 in protein coat Phage infects bacterium No radioactivity inside bacterium
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DNA Nucleotides Purines Pyrimidines Section 12-1 Phosphate group
Adenine Guanine Cytosine Thymine Phosphate group Deoxyribose
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Chargaff’s Rule – Base Pairing Rule
Source of DNA A T G C Streptococcus Yeast Herring Human % of A ≈ % of T % of G ≈ % of C
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Rosalind Franklin X Ray diffraction
Shaped is twisted Contain two strands
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Watson and Crick Model
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Structure of DNA Nucleotide Hydrogen bonds Sugar-phosphate backbone
Section 12-1 Nucleotide Hydrogen bonds Sugar-phosphate backbone Key Adenine (A) Thymine (T) Cytosine (C) Guanine (G)
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Prokayrotic vs. Eukaryotic DNA
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Prokaryotic Chromosome Structure
Section 12-2 Chromosome E. coli bacterium Bases on the chromosome
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How DNA is packaged
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Chromosome Structure of Eukaryotes
Section 12-2 Human cells contain over one meter of DNA! How? Nucleosome Chromosome DNA double helix Coils Supercoils Histones Wrapped around proteins (histones and nucleosomes)
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