Biology chapter 11&12

Expression

Nucleosomes may control gene... By limiting access to DNA

Expressed

All cells in eukaryotic organisms have the same genes, but in different kinds of cells different genes are ...

Offspring

Methylation patterns are passed on to...

Off

The default setting for most genes seems to be

Activators

-scientists think most eukaryotic regulatory proteins act as ....

Deactivated

One X chromosome in each of a women's cells is.....

Inhibit

Proteins called silencers sometimes bind to DNA and .....transcription

Helical

The DNA-histone beaded fiber is further wrapped into a tight .... Fiber

Methylation

.... Is a chemical modification of DNA that turns genes off

Chromosome

The DNA supercoil is further folded and compacted to form a ....

Regulatory

In eukaryotes, many.... Proteins interact with DNA and one another to turn genes off

Twins

Epigenetic variations may account for differences in identical....

Packing

The folding and compacting of a DNA To a chromosome

Scattered

In eukaryotes, genes coding for enzymes are ... Around the genome

Supercoil

Twisted DNA folds into...

Differentiation

Specialization of cell structure and function

Fit

Besides helping regulate genes, DNA packing also helps DNA .... I'm nucleus

Enhancers

First step of initiating gene transcription is binding of activators to sites called...

Factor

A transcription ... Is a protein that assists in RNA polymerase

Nucleosome

Complex of DNA wrapped around 8 histones

Transcription

the stage at which DNA packing see,s to control the genes

Polymerase

Activators and other proteins help trigger RNA... to trigger transcription

Epigenetic inheritance

Inheritance of traits transmitted by mechanisms not directly involving the nucleotide sequence-such as methylation and histone changes

Promoter

Activators and enhancers may help position RNA polymerase on a genes ....

Fist step in RNA splicing

Removal of noncoding introns from RNA

Second step of RNA splicing

Joining of cons to produce mRNA

Alternative RNA splicing

Joining exits in different ways to produce more than one kind of mRNA from a single gene

RNA interference

Binding of microRNA to mRNA blocking translation

Selective breakdown of proteins

Retaining or destroying proteins, depending on a cells meeds

Selective breakdown of mRNA

Retaining or destroying mRNA molecules, controlling how much they are translated

Control of initiation of translation

Action of proteins that may cause the start of protein synthesis

Activation of a finished protein

Altering a protein to form an active final product

Genetic engineering

Direct manipulation of genes for practical uses

Recombinant DNA

When scientists combine nucleotide sequences from two different sources often different species to form a single DNA molecule

Bacteriophage

Virus that attacks bacteria

Vector

Gene carrier

Biotechnology

Manipulation of organisms to their components to make useful products

Gene cloning

Making multiple copies of gene sized peice a of DNA

Restriction enzyme

Used to splice DNA

Growth hormone

Genetically engineered product that is added to the diet of livestock to enhance weight and milk production

Recombinant DNA

Term given to a molecule comprised of genetic material that has been spliced together from 2 or more different organisms

DNA fingerprinting

Genetic engineering has led to this forensic procedure

Antibodies

Disease attackers that can be genetically engineered to target a particular tumor in the body

Cloning

Term used for growing many identical cells from one cell

Gene therapy

Term used when normal genes replace defective ones in treating a genetic disorder

Plasmid

Rings of bacterial DNA into which a foreign DNA can be incorporated prior to being inserted into a bacterium

DNA ligase

Used to attach prices of DNA together

Interferon

Bacteria have had human genes added to them to enable the manufacture of the antivirus drug

Genesplicing

Technique by which DNA material has a new DNA material attached to it

Insulin

This product, used by human diabetics, is manufactured by bacteria that have had the proper genes inserted into it

Genes

Genetic engineering is defined as the moving of these from one organism to another

Insects

Plants can be genetically altered to resist destruction by these organisms

Str

Repeats in DNA sequences

Restriction fragments

The cut prices of DNA strand

Reverse transcriptase

Isolates mRNA and makes a single stranded DNA transcript from it using enzyme....; helps makes genes for cloning

CDNA

Double stranded DNA that results from reverse transcriptase

Nucleic acid probe

Used to find specific gene or other nucleotide sequence within a mass of dna

Vaccine

Harmless variant that to create a longer lasting immune system

Gm organisms

Organisms that have obtained one or more artificial genes

Transgenic organism

If newly acquired genes are from another organism, typically of another species, the recombinant organism is a....

Ti plasmid

Plasmid from the soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Pcr

Specific segment of DNA is amplified

DNA profiling

Analysis of DNA samples to find where it came from

Forensics

Study of a crime scene

Gel electroforesis

Use of electricity to find DNA traces

Repetitive dna

Consists of nucleotide sequences that are present in multiple copies on the genome

Rflps

Genetic markers for particular loci in the genome

Snp

Single base pair variations in the genome

Genomics

Science of studying a complete set of genes

Proteomics

Study of a full set of proteins encoded by a genome

Transcription factors

Proteins that help RNA polymerase function

Enhancers

First step of initiating gene transcription is The binding of activator proteins called...

Silencers

Bind to DNA sequences and inhibit start of transcription

MiRNA

Small RNA molecules that can hint to complementary sequences on mRNA molecules

Regeneration

Regrow the of lost body parts

Signal transduction pathway

Series of molecular changes that converts a signal on a target cells surface to a specific response inside a cell

Nuclear transplantation

Replacing the nucleus of an egg or zygote with the nucleus of an adult somatic cell

Reproductive cloning

Results in an identical clone of the donor and a new living individual

Embryonic stem cell

Harvested from blastocyst

Therapeutic cloning

Produce embryonic stem cells for therapeutic treatments

Adult stem cells

Able to give rise to many but not all cell types in an organism