Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 20P
Chapters 6 and 7 explained that mistakes made by DNA polymerase are corrected either by proofreading mechanisms during
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Which of the followings statements are true about DNA polymerase?
1.) It can only go in one direction, meaning the lagging strand can't be synthesized continuously.
2.) It cannot start a DNA strand from scratch, so another enzyme is needed to create "primers" as a starting point.
3.) It cannot copy epigenetic marks (such as methyl groups) on its own; these must be "copied" onto the daughter DNA strand by other enzymes after DNA replication.
4.) All of the above
DNA polymerase I has 5'-3' polymerase activity, 5'-3' exonuclease activity, and 3'-5' exonuclease activity necessary for
DNA replication. Mutations in the gene that encodes DNA polymerase I may cause the enzyme to lose these activities.
Match the consequence of a loss-of-function mutation in DNA polymerase I to the corresponding lost activity.
Lost 5'-3' polymerase activity
no RNA primer removal during DNA replication
no double helix denaturation
Lost 5'-3' exonuclease activity
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decreased polymerase fidelity
Lost 3'-5' exonuclease activity
no DNA synthesis to fill gaps caused by removing RNA primers
unstable strand separation within the replication bubble
During template-directed synthesis of a new DNA strand it can happen, if there are simple repeated sequences, that either the template strand or the strand being synthesized "slips" a short distance, and this can change the number of repeating sequence units in that stretch of repeated sequence. Which of the following processes involve such slippage?
More than one answer is correct.
Options:
The increase in genomic copy number of a DNA transposon by transposition from a location behind a replication fork to a location ahead of the fork.
Introduction of indels during DNA replication.
The initial unwinding of the DNA duplex during replication by helicase.
Increasing lengths of CAG trinucleotide repeats in the huntingtin gene giving rise to Huntington disease.
Synthesis of primer by primase during DNA replication.
Chapter 8 Solutions
Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
Ch. 8 - For each of the terms in the left column, choose...Ch. 8 - Match the hypothesis from the left column to the...Ch. 8 - How would the artificial mRNA 5GUGUGUGU . . . 3 be...Ch. 8 - An example of a portion of the T4 rIIB gene in...Ch. 8 - Consider Crick and Brenners experiments in Fig....Ch. 8 - The HbSsickle-cell allele of the human -globin...Ch. 8 - The following diagram describes the mRNA sequence...Ch. 8 - The amino acid sequence of part of a protein has...Ch. 8 - The results shown in Fig. 8.5 may have struck you...Ch. 8 - Identify all the amino acid-specifying codons in...
Ch. 8 - Before the technology existed to synthesize RNA...Ch. 8 - A particular protein has the amino acid sequence...Ch. 8 - How many possible open reading frames frames...Ch. 8 - Prob. 14PCh. 8 - Charles Yanofsky isolated many different trpA-...Ch. 8 - The sequence of a segment of mRNA, beginning with...Ch. 8 - You identify a proflavin-generated allele of a...Ch. 8 - Using recombinant DNA techniques which will be...Ch. 8 - Describe the steps in transcription that require...Ch. 8 - Chapters 6 and 7 explained that mistakes made by...Ch. 8 - The coding sequence for gene F is read from left...Ch. 8 - If you mixed the mRNA of a human gene with the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 23PCh. 8 - The Drosophila gene Dscam1 encodes proteins on the...Ch. 8 - Describe the steps in translation that require...Ch. 8 - Locate as accurately as possible the listed items...Ch. 8 - Concerning the figure for Problem 26: a. Which...Ch. 8 - a. Can a tRNA exist that has the anticodon...Ch. 8 - For parts a and b of Problem 28, consider the DNA...Ch. 8 - Remembering that the wobble base of the tRNA is...Ch. 8 - Prob. 31PCh. 8 - The yeast gene encoding a protein found in the...Ch. 8 - The sequence of a complete eukaryotic gene...Ch. 8 - Arrange the following list of eukaryotic gene...Ch. 8 - Prob. 35PCh. 8 - The human gene for 2 lens crystallin has the...Ch. 8 - In prokaryotes, a search for genes in a DNA...Ch. 8 - a. The genetic code table shown in Fig. 8.2...Ch. 8 - a. Very few if any eukaryotic genes contain tracts...Ch. 8 - Explain how differences in the initiation of...Ch. 8 - Do you think each of the following types of...Ch. 8 - Null mutations are valuable genetic resources...Ch. 8 - The following is a list of mutations that have...Ch. 8 - Considering further the mutations described in...Ch. 8 - Adermatoglyphia described previously in Problem 18...Ch. 8 - Prob. 46PCh. 8 - You learned in Problem 21 in Chapter 7 that the...Ch. 8 - When 1 million cells of a culture of haploid yeast...Ch. 8 - Why is a nonsense suppressor tRNATyr, even though...Ch. 8 - A mutant B. adonis bacterium has a nonsense...Ch. 8 - You are studying mutations in a bacterial gene...Ch. 8 - Another class of suppressor mutations, not...Ch. 8 - Yet another class of suppressor mutations not...Ch. 8 - At least one nonsense suppressing tRNA is known...Ch. 8 - An investigator was interested in studying UAG...Ch. 8 - Prob. 56PCh. 8 - In certain bacterial species, pyrrolysine Pyl,...Ch. 8 - Canavanine is an amino acid similar to arginine...
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