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DNA History replication, technology
The Central Dogma
Genetic Regulation
Mechanisms of genetic change
Diversity
100
Experiments showed that DNA is the transforming substance

Avery, et al.

100

The DNA strand that has the same base sequence as the mRNA

The coding strand

100

Set of genes transcribed as a unit under the control of the same promoter and regulatory sequences

Operon

100

Base change that changes the codon to one for another amino acid

missense mutation

100

The enterics belong to this taxonomic group.

gamma proteobacteria

50 point bonus: name another bacterium in this group.


200

direction of DNA synthesis

5' to 3'

200

The reason fewer than 61 tRNAs are needed in translation

Wobble

200

Sequences where a repressor binds

operator

200

Base-pairing change that occurs in spontaneous mutations

tautomerization

200

Nitrogen fixation cell in cyanobacterium

Heterocyst

300

Developed with mutant strains of Neurospora, this theory describes how DNA explains phenotypes

One gene-one protein(enzyme) theory

300

This protein is necessary for transcription initiation in bacteria

sigma factor

300

effector molecule that is neccesary for the CAP protein to bind

cyclic AMP

300

List three types of plasmid

Any of the following: R-factors; conjugative; metabolic, Col plasmids; virulence plasmid

300

The two groups of Gram-positive bacteria

Firmicutes and Actinobacteria

400

Model of DNA replication used in plasmids and bacteriophages

Rolling circle mechanism

400

proteins that help fold nascent polypeptides

chaperone proteins

400

In which operon does a single protein act as both a repressor and activator

Arabinose operon

400
Recombination that requires long stretches of similar sequence.

Homologous recombination

400

The thermophilic archaea with a unique DNA polymerase.

Pyrococcus furiosus

500

Name the three parts of each PCR cycle

denaturation, annealing, extension

500

Enzyme that links the tRNA to its corresponding amino acid

amino-acyl tRNA synthetase

500

The two parts of a two-component regulatory system

Sensor kinase and response regulator

500

This type of gene transfer is due to the lysogenic cycle of bacteriophage

Specialized transduction

500

Name three physiological groups of Archaea

Any three of the following:

Methanogens, (extreme) Halophiles,(thermophilic) Sulfate reducers, Extreme thermophiles, Cell wall-less archaea,mesophilic ammonia oxidizers