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What is an example of a base-pair mutagen?
Which type of mutation involves the insertion or deletion of a base that alters the downstream reading frame?
Which method of horizontal genetic recombination involves the uptake of naked DNA from the environment?
Which of the following is a mechanism specifically used for repairing thymine dimers caused by UV radiation?
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Which type of gene is characterized by being always required and hence transcription is always 'on'?
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What type of mutation is caused by ionizing radiation, such as X-rays and gamma rays?
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What is a common result of a missense mutation?
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What primarily causes spontaneous mutations in DNA?
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Which of the following mutations introduces a stop codon prematurely?
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In the lac operon, what triggers the transcription of lactose-metabolizing enzymes?
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Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes
- Prokaryotes control gene expression primarily by regulating transcription.
- Many genes are co-regulated through operon systems.
- There are three types of genes:
- Constitutive: Always transcribed, with gene products always needed.
- Repressible: Usually on but can be turned off, often by the end product of the metabolic pathway.
- Inducible: Usually off but can be turned on, typically by the presence of a specific substrate.
Lac Operon
- Composed of genes responsible for lactose metabolism.
- Functions as an inducible system.
- Normally "off" because lactose is not commonly present.
- Induced when lactose is present.
Mutation
- A change in DNA sequence.
- Can be spontaneous or induced.
- May or may not alter the amino acid sequence of a protein.
- Types of mutations:
- Point Mutations: Single base change.
- Silent: No change in amino acid sequence.
- Missense: Single amino acid change.
- Nonsense: Introduction of a premature stop codon.
- Frameshift: Insertion or deletion of a base, changing the reading frame downstream.
- Point Mutations: Single base change.
Causes of Mutations
- Chemical mutagens:
- Base-pair mutagens: Alter base-pairing rules.
- Base analogs: Incorporated as nucleotides but have altered base-pairing rules.
- Frameshift mutagens: Intercalate into DNA and cause DNA polymerase to make insertions or deletions.
- Radiation:
- Ionizing: Damages DNA, creates free radicals.
- Nonionizing: Creates thymine dimers.
Detecting Mutagens: Ames Test
- Utilizes an auxotrophic strain of Salmonella typhimurium.
- Requires histidine (his-) for growth.
- Measures the frequency of revertants to his+ phenotype, which is increased in the presence of mutagens.
Horizontal Genetic Exchange
- Transfer of genetic information between members of the same generation.
- Occurs exclusively in prokaryotes.
Three Methods of Horizontal Recombination
- Transformation: Uptake of "naked" DNA by competent cells.
- Transduction: Transfer of DNA by bacteriophages.
- Generalized Transduction: Bacteriophage packages host DNA into new phage particles.
- Conjugation: Transfer of genetic material via a sex pilus.
- F+ Conjugation: F plasmid containing the genes for sex pilus is transferred from F+ cell to F- cell.
Transformation
- Competent cells are able to take up "naked" DNA.
- Recombination can occur when DNA sequences are homologous, replacing the old DNA sequence with the new one
- Results in the recipient cell acquiring a new trait.
Transduction
- Bacteriophage packages host DNA into new phage particles.
- Recipient cell acquires new traits.
Conjugation
- Requires a sex pilus encoded by the F plasmid.
- In standard F+ conjugation, a copy of the F plasmid is transferred from the donor (F+) cell to the recipient (F-) cell, making the recipient cell F+.
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