biochemistry of nucleic acids

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Decks in this class (19)

nucleic acids and protein structure
What determines macromolecular st...,
What is covalent bonding,
What is ionic bonding
20  cards
macromolecular interactions
What can an intrinsically disorde...,
Give an example of an intrinsical...,
What are the interactions which c...
20  cards
macromolecular interactions II
What is the structure of a leucin...,
What is the leucine zipper charac...,
Which part of the dna does the le...
23  cards
transcription by prokaryotic RNA polymerases
What occurs during initiation,
What occurs during elongation,
What happens during termination
14  cards
structure and function of the bacterial RNAP
What is meant by operons,
How far apart are stacked base pairs,
How long is a hydrogen bond
21  cards
transcription and RNA processing in eukaryotes
What are the main differences bet...,
What happens when you digest dna ...,
What is a nucleosome
18  cards
promoters and activation of class II promoters
What is the tata box,
What is tbp,
How does tbp bind tata
31  cards
translation
Describe the structure of eukaryo...,
How is bacterial mrna different f...,
How does protein synthesis occur ...
23  cards
non-standard decoding and ribosomal gymnastics
What is a leaky stop codon,
What is a sign of a leaky stop co...,
How does a leaky stop codon permi...
10  cards
initiation, elongation and termination
What are the first steps of initi...,
What is meant by open promoter co...,
How does a tight complex between ...
24  cards
splicing
In eukaryotes where is is transla...,
In eukaryotes where is the termin...,
List the patterns of splicing
18  cards
sigma factor and transcription initiation by bacterial RNAP holoenzyme
Where does the dna enter the holo...,
Why is the rnap so large when the...,
How is non specific binding of th...
18  cards
aminoacyl-tRNA syntheses
What are the two steps of aatrs a...,
What happens during activation of...,
What occurs during charging of th...
21  cards
ribosomal structure
How are bacterial ribosomes struc...,
How are eukaryotic ribosomes stru...,
What proportion of the ribosome i...
34  cards
initiation of eukaryotic translation
How does initiation of eukaryotic...,
What is the structure of eukaryot...,
What is the structure of the cap ...
23  cards
ribosomal active sites
How does puromycin act as a surro...,
Outline the puromycin reaction,
Explain what the works of robin m...
19  cards
decoding box
What two things must ribosomes do...,
What advantage is there of having...,
Why will the entire ternary compl...
15  cards
helicases
What is a helicase,
What are helicases used for,
Give examples of the type of proc...
45  cards
topoisomerases
What do topoisomerases do,
What is decatenation,
What can both dna gyrase and topo...
19  cards

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