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DNA

Structure
and
Replication
Transformation:
Robert Griffith (1928)
DNA is the
Transformer:
Avery (1944)
Chromosomes
and DNA
DNA has 4 Bases
Four DNA Bases
NH2 O
Adenine Thymine
N H3C
N NH

NH N NH O

Guanine O NH2
Cytosine
N
NH N

NH N NH2
NH O
The Sugar
HO OH
O

OH

Deoxyribose
The Nucleotides
NH2 NH2

O A N
N
O C N

HO P O N N N O
HO P O
O O
OH OH

OH OH

T
O O

O G N

N
NH
O
H3C
NH

HO P O N NH2
O HO P O N O
OH O
OH

OH
OH
Adenine pairs with Thymine

Hydrogen
Bonding
Guanine pairs with Cytosine

Hydrogen
Bonding
DNA
Genes and Base Pairs:
A Comparison
Genes
Species Base Pairs
(estimated)
Yeast 6,000 12 million
(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

Round Worm 19,000 99 million


(Caenorhabditis elegans)

Mouse 40,000 3 billion


(Mus musculus)

Fruit Fly 13,600 165 million


(Drosophila melanogaster)

Human 40,000 3 billion


The
Central Dogma
Possible Modes of DNA
Replication
Replication: 5 to 3 Direction ONLY
Continuous replication
on one strand

Discontinuous replication
on one strand
DNA Replication is
Catalyzed by Enzymes
DNA Polymerase Adds Complementary Bases
DNA Polymerase Sees Errors
DNA Polymerase Repairs Errors

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