DNA Packaging: Nucleosomes and Chromatin By: Anthony T. Annunziato‚ Ph.D. (Biology Department‚ Boston College) © 2008 Nature Education Citation: Annunziato‚ A. (2008) DNA packaging: Nucleosomes and chromatin. Nature Education 1(1) Each of us has enough DNA to reach from here to the sun and back‚ more than 300 times. How is all of that DNA packaged so tightly into chromosomes and squeezed into a tiny nucleus? The haploid human genome contains approximately 3 billion base pairs of DNA packaged
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a) The ATP molecule is composed of three components. At the centre is a sugar molecule‚ ribose (the same sugar that forms the basis of RNA). Attached to one side of this is a base (a group consisting of linked rings of carbon and nitrogen atoms); in this case the base is adenine. The other side of the sugar is attached to a string of three bonded phosphate groups. These phosphates are the key to the activity of ATP. Especially‚ the bond between the last phosphate and second to last phosphate is
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The discovery of DNA is attributed to the research of three scientists in 1951; Francis Crick‚ Maurice Wilkins‚ and James Dewey Watson. They were all later accredited with the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine in 1962. Thanks to their discovery‚ science has been able to research and learn from DNA blueprints and use recombinant DNA technology to discover answers‚ vaccines and build immunity for many viruses. In recent years science has been using this new technology to genetically modify animals
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are called ATP (Adenosine
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Exercise 13 MITOSIS: REPLICATION OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1. a. Mitosis and cytokinesis are often referred to collectively as "cellular division." Why are they more accurately called cellular replication? The result of mitosis is production of two cells (replicates) identical to the parent cell. The genetic material is replicated rather than divided. b. Does the cell cycle have a beginning and an end? The organization of our study of cellular events indicates a beginning and
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take the food humans ingest and turn it into energy that can be used by the body in the form of ATP‚ also known as‚ adenosine triphosphate. The creation and distribution of ATP is vital to humans and their survival on earth simply because ATP is the energy bodies use in order to continue the tasks they need to keep the human body functioning. The overall goal of cellular respiration is to create ATP. In doing so‚ there
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the structure of DNA and discuss how it facilitates the ability of DNA to act as genetic material • Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic chromosomes • Describe the process of DNA replication as a semi-conservative process. Compare and contrast the synthesis of the leading and lagging strands in DNA replication. • Explain how the genotype of an organism determines its phenotype. • State the central dogma of genetics and explain the roles of DNA and RNA in polypeptide
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DNA Replication Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) contains the genetic instructions for the biological development of a cellular form of life including some viruses. DNA is an antiparallel double helix molecule with sugar-phosphate backbone on the outer side and nitrogen bases in the inner side. The bases are paired specifically‚ also known as complementary pairing‚ Adenine (A) with Thymine (T)‚ and Guanine (G) with Cytosine (C) by two and three hydrogen bonds‚ respectively. DNA is a long polymer
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The history of DNA structure discovery(sec.4.1): 1869- Johan miescher •studies the nuclei of white blood cells(isolated th material using HCL and digestive proteins •Named the substance nulclein and also found the material was rich in nitrogen and phosphorus. 1919-Pheobus levene •Discovered that DNA was made of chains of nucleotides *see nucleotide structure* 1920 DNAvsRNA * see chart •Thought that 4 nucleotides were connected in the same repeated pattern •protein gas 20 amino acids
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2014/15 Module name and number Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering: BS941 Assignment title “DNA sequencing: where we are and where it’s going” Student Number 1464986 Word Count 2310 The article focuses on the advances achieved in DNA sequencing by first providing a brief background on DNA‚ and how it was initially sequenced. The paper then takes into consideration four of the major DNA sequencing techniques. These include: Sanger’s Chain Termination Method‚ Pyrosequencing‚ Single Molecule
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