BIOL3190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Deoxycytidine Triphosphate, Polyadenylation, Massively Parallel (Computing)
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Why does a template-dependent DNA polymerase require a primer to initiate DNA synthesis?
DNA polymerase require 5' phosphate to add a new nucleotide | |
DNA polymerase require 3' hydroxyl group to add a new nucleotide |
DNA polymerase require energy by hydrolizing the primers |
Which of the following enzymes is template independent?
Reverse transcriptase | |
Klenow fragment |
DNA polymerase | |
Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase |
RNA polymerase |
The natural function of a DNA ligase enzyme is:
Joining together DNA sequences with compatible cohesive ends from two different organisms to yield a recombinant DNA molecule | |
Sealing single stranded nicks in double stranded DNA molecules |
Joining together two blunt ended fragments of DNA within a cell | |
Joining together two single stranded DNA molecules |
The natural function of 3' -> 5' exonuclease activity of a DNA polymerase is to:
Remove the 5' end of the DNA strand that is being copied | |
Remove damaged nucleotide from the template strand |
Remove nucleotides from the end of DNA to generate blunt ends | |
Remove incorrect nucleotides from the newly synthesized DNA |
Which technique is used to resolve the different sizes of DNA fragments?
Gene cloning | |
PCR |
DNA sequencing | |
Gel electrophoresis |
Which of the following vectors does not contain bacterial origin of replication (oriC)?
plasmid | |
cosmid |
bacterial artificial chromosome | |
lambda vector |
Which process of bacteriophage is not used for gene cloning?
Concatemer formation | |
Lytic cycle |
Lysogenic cycle | |
viral packaging |
What vector would be best suited for creating a contig of bovine (cattle) chromosome 10?
lambda vector | |
Cosmid vector |
P1 vector | |
Plasmid |
E. coli takes up plasmid DNA by which of the following methods?
Transduction | |
Transformation |
Conjugation | |
Transfection |
The following times and temperatures are an example of the steps for PCR. You can use the Figure to help you answer the following questions.
Why is the first step is carried out at 94°C?
To degrade the template | |
To denature the template |
To activate the polymerase | |
To facilitate the primer binding |
What happens in the reaction when the temperature shifts to 55°C during cycling?
the DNA polymerase will carry out DNA synthesis by extending the annealed primers | |
the DNA polymerase will finish DNA synthesis |
the primers anneal to the single-stranded regions of the DNA | |
the primers anneal to the double-stranded regions of the DNA |
During cycling, what occurs when the temperature is at 72°C?
the primers anneal to the double-stranded regions of the DNA | |
the DNA polymerase will carry out DNA synthesis by extending the annealed primers |
the primers anneal to the single-stranded regions of the DNA | |
the DNA polymerase will finish DNA synthesis |
You designed a set of primers to amplify 1 kb DNA with polymerase chain reaction. By which cycle of polymerase chain reaction, we would expect to see the first double stranded DNA with expected size?
The end of cycle 1 | |
The end of cycle 2 |
The end of cycle3 | |
The end of cycle 4 |
1. | In addition to identifying the genetic material, the experiments of Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty with different strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae demonstrated that | ||||||||||
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2. | In order to show that DNA in cell extracts is responsible for genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae, important corroborating evidence should indicate that _______ also destroy transforming activity. | ||||||||||
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3. | Based on what you have learned about the experiments conducted by Griffith and Avery and colleagues with bacteria, which of the following would result in transformation of living R cells? | ||||||||||
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4. | A-T base pairs in a DNA double helix | ||||||||||
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5. | If 23 percent of the bases in a sample of double-stranded DNA are adenine, what percentage of the bases are uracil? | ||||||||||
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6. | The uniform diameter of the DNA structure provides evidence for | ||||||||||
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7. | If a sequence of one strand of DNA is 5â²-TGACTATC-3â², what is the complementary strand? | ||||||||||
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8. | What structural aspect of the DNA facilitates dissociation of the two DNA strands for replication? | ||||||||||
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9. | If the MeselsonâStahl density gradient experiment had resulted in two bands of DNA molecules after only one round of replication, one containing only 15N and the second only 14N, this result would have indicated that replication was | ||||||||||
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10. | The nucleoside analogue acyclovir, which is used to treat herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections, lacks a 3â² hydroxyl group (âOH). Predict what will happen if the host cell DNA polymerase incorporates a molecule of acyclovir into an elongating strand of HSV DNA. | ||||||||||
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11. | Which of the following does not demonstrate the stability of the DNA double helix? | ||||||||||
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12. | What effect would a primase inhibitor have on DNA replication? | ||||||||||
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13. | To replicate their DNA in a timely manner, most eukaryotic chromosomes | ||||||||||
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14. | Which statement about DNA replication is false? | ||||||||||
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15. | In many eukaryotes, there are repetitive sequences called telomeres at the ends of chromosomes. After successive rounds of DNA replication, the _______ strand becomes shorter. In some cells, an enzyme called _______ repairs the shortened strand. | ||||||||||
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16. | A researcher studies normal human fibroblast cells. They can be maintained in culture but die off after about 30 cell generations. Unexpectedly, a colony of cells continues to survive and divide past 30 generations. Which scenario is most likely true for these cells? | ||||||||||
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17. | If DNA polymerase III introduces an incorrect nucleotide, what is the first corrective action made by the DNA repair system? | ||||||||||
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18. | Choose the correct order of the following four events in the excision repair of DNA: (1) Base-paired DNA is made complementary to the template. (2) Damaged bases are recognized. (3) DNA ligase seals the new strand to existing DNA. (4) Part of a single strand is excised. | ||||||||||
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19. | Six complete cycles of PCR should result in a _______-fold increase in the amount of DNA. | ||||||||||
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20. | When double-stranded DNA is heated to temperatures above 90°C, it denatures. Denaturation is a process that | ||||||||||
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