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DNA Replication
RNA Synthesis (Transcription)
Protein Synthesis (Translation)
Regulation of Gene Expression
Gene Mutation
Discovery of the structure of DNA
Early Rosalind Watson
1950s Franklin & Crick
X-ray crystallography
Double Helix Structure
Question:
What is DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
It is a two stranded polymer of
nucleotide.
Made up of nucleotides (DNA
molecule) in a DNA double helix.
Its size is approximately 2 nm wide.
DNA Nucleotide
Phosphate
Group
O 5
O=P-O CH2
O
O
N
Nitrogenous base
C4 C1 (A, G, C, or T)
Sugar
(deoxyribose)
C3 C2
DNA Double Helix
Rungs of ladder
Nitrogenous
Base (A,T,G or C)
Legs of ladder
Phosphate &
Sugar Backbone
DNA Double Helix
5 O 3
3 O
P 5 P
5 O
1 G C 3
2
4 4
2 1
3 5
O
P P
5
T A 3
O
5
P 3 P
Nitrogenous Bases
PURINES
1. Adenine (A)
A or G
2. Guanine (G)
PYRIMIDINES
3. Thymine (T)
T or C
4. Cytosine (C)
BASE-PAIRINGS
H-bonds
G C
T A
Chargaffs Rule
Adenine must pair with Thymine
Guanine must pair with Cytosine
Their amounts in a given DNA molecule
will be about the same.
T A G C
Question:
Answer:
Transcription Translation
S phase in
interphase of the
cell cycle.
Nucleus of
eukaryotes
Semi-Conservative Replication
Meselson-Stahl Experiment
DNA Polymerase