cellular processes week 4: dna and dna replication
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DNA If you were to unravel a chromosome, you would find 1 long strand of DNA.
With around 1014 cells in the human body, all of the DNA in a human, lined up end to end, would stretch to about 1000 times the distance from the Earth to the
Sun.
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Vocabulary DNA (de-oxy-ribo-nu-cle-ic acid) Double Helix Deoxyribose (a type of sugar molecule) Phosphate Group (a type of molecule) Nitrogen Base (a type of molecule) Adenine Guanine Thymine Cytosine Nucleotide
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic Acid, or DNA, is the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring.
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The Structure of DNA
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The strands of a DNA molecule look like a twisted ladder.
We call this shape a “double helix”.
The Structure of DNA
The 2 sides of the DNA “ladder” or the “backbone” are made up of molecules of sugar called DEOXYRIBOSE, alternating with molecules known as PHOSPHATES.
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The Structure of DNA
Each “rung” of the ladder is made up of a pair of molecules called NITROGEN BASES.
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Nitrogen Base Pairs DNA has four kinds of nitrogen bases: –ADENINE=A–THYMINE=T–GUANINE=G–CYTOSINE=C
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Nitrogen Base Pairs
The bases on one side of the ladder pair with bases on the other side of the ladder.
ADENINE ONLY pairs with THYMINE
GUANINE ONLY pairs with CYTOSINE.
A T
G C
Nucleotide DNA is made up of
interconnected molecules called NUCLEOTIDES (like beads on a string).
Each nucleotide has three parts:1. A sugar molecule:
deoxyribose2. A phosphate
molecule3. A nitrogen base (A,
T, G, or C).
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Exit Quiz1. What are the “parts” of a nucleotide?
2. What is the backbone of DNA made of?
3. What are the “rungs” of DNA made of?
4. What do we call the shape of DNA?
5. Which nitrogen base always pairs with Adenine?
1. 1 molecule of deoxyribose
2. 1 phosphate group
3. 1 nitrogen base (A, T, G or C)
Deoxyribose and Phosphate Groups Nitrogen
Bases
A Double Helix.
Thymine
But how does the cell make an exact copy of its DNA? The key is DNA’s pairing pattern (A-T or G-C).
DNA replication begins when the two sides of the DNA molecule unwind and unzip like a zipper.
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But how does the cell make an exact copy of its DNA?
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But how does the cell make an exact copy of its DNA? Next, nitrogen bases that are floating in the nucleus pair up with the bases on each half of the DNA molecule.
This creates two exact copies of the parent DNA (because each side is like a pattern telling us what to add to the other side).
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