What are bacteriophages (or phages for short) ?
Viruses that infect bacteria
What makes a virus a virus?
Has DNA/RNA and an enclosed coat
What is the enclosed coat usually?
Protein
What are Chargaff’s rules?
DNA base comp varies between species and the percentages are roughly equal
What are histones?
Proteins that package the chromosome “beads” or nucleosomes
What are telomeres?
repeating noncoding sequences at the ends
What is the overall error rate?
1 error per 10,000,000,000 nucleotides
What enzymes are needed for nucleotide excision repair?
Nuclease, DNA polymerase, DNA ligase