UNIT 3:
Molecular Genetics
Scientists and their Experiments
1. Meischer
2. Levene
3. Griffith
4. Hammerling
5. Oswald, McLead, and McCarty
6. Chargaff
Subtopic
7. Hershey and Chase
Subtopic
8. Franklin and Wilkins
9. Watson and Crick
Control Mechanisms
The lac Operon
The trp Operon
Genetic Technologies
Restriction Enzymes and Their Restriction Sites
EcoRI
BamHI
SmaI
HindIII
AluI
HhaI
Plasmid Map
Hybridization
Polymerize Chain Reaction
Gel Electrophoresis
Subtopic
Sequencing DNA
DNA Microarray
DNA Replication
How is DNA replicated?
Semiconservative
Conservative
Dispersive
Process of DNA Replication
Unwinding DNA
DNA Helicase, Single Stranded Binding Protein DNA gyrase (topoisomerase)
Building Complimentary Strands
Leading and Lagging Strand
Replication Bubble
DNA Repair
Chromosome Structure and Organization
Structure of Chromosomes
Chromosomes
Chromatin
Histone
Prokaryote DNA
Nucleotide and Plasmids
Gene Organization In Chromosomes
Variable Number Tandem Repeats
Telomeres
Centromeres
Protein Synthesis
Transcription
Initiation
Elongation
Termination
Post-Transcriptional Modifications
Capping and Tailing
Splicing
Translation
Initiation
Elongation
Termination
What is Needed For Translation
Ribosomes
tRNA
Wobble Hypothesis
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis