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in DNA, the AT and GC pairs
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
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Base Pairing
The rules of base pairing (or nucleotide pairing) are:
A with T: the purine adenine (A) always pairs with the pyrimidine thymine (T)
C with G: the pyrimidine cytosine (C) always pairs with the purine guanine (G) ...
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Two nitrogenous (purine or pyrimidine) bases (adenine and thymine or guanine and cytosine) held together by weak hydrogen bonds. Two strands of DNA are held together in the shape of a double helix by the bonds between base pairs.
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Wobble base pair
A wobble base pair is a G-U and I-U / I-A / I-C pair fundamental in RNA secondary structure. It has comparable thermodynamic stability of the Watson-Crick base pair.
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Dr. Robert Nussbaum, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines base pair.
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Base Pair: Two nitrogenous bases held together by weak bonds. In a DNA molecule adenine always pairs with thymine while cytosine always pairs with guanine. Thus, one DNA strand directs the synthesis of the other strand.
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Base pair (bp) Two nitrogenous bases (adenine and thymine or guanine and cytosine) held together by weak bonds. Two strands of DNA are held together in the shape of a double helix by the bonds between base pairs.
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Base pair: Two of the building blocks of DNA held together by weak bonds. In a DNA molecule, adenine always bonds with thymine (A-T), and cytosine always bond s with guanine (C-G).
Base sequence: The order of bases in a DNA molecule.
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Base pair
A complementary purine and pyrimidine that are hydrogen-bonded to form double-stranded DNA or RNA.
Base substitution mutation
A mutation resulting in the replacement of one base for a different base.
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Base Pair (bp): One pair of complementary nucleotides within a duplex strand of a nucleic acid. Under Watson-Crick rules, these pairs consist of one pyrimidine and one purine: i.e., C-G, A-T (DNA) or A-U (RNA). However, "noncanonical" base pairs (e.g.
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DNA base pairing
Contrary to a common misconception, the DNA is not a single molecule, but rather a pair of molecules joined by hydrogen bonds: it is organized as two complementary strands, head-to-toe, with the hydrogen bonds between them.
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Since G-C base pairs are more dense that A-T base pairs, the density of DNA increases as the % GC content increases.
Sheared nuclear DNA of Drosophila melanogaster was analyzed by isopycnic centrifugation in CsCl.
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complementary base pairs - base-pairing between a larger purine base (adenine or guanine) and a smaller pyrimidine base (cytosine or thymine) while DNA is in its double-helix. (A/T, G/C) ...
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Complimentary Base Pairing
Each strand serves as a template for the synthesis of a new strand.
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Short (200 to 500 base pairs) sequence of genomic DNA that has a single occurrence in the human genome and whose location and base sequence are known.
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Within these 35,000 base pairs, one gene named SRY was discovered in 1990 by the team of Peter Goodfellow in London.
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Base pair (bp). A pair of complementary nitrogenous bases in a DNA molecule--adenine-thymine and guanine-cytosine. Also, the unit of measurement for DNA sequences. Bioaugmentation.
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base pair a pair of hydrogen-bonded nitrogenous bases (one purine and one pyrimidine) that join the component strands of the DNA double helix.
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Annealing Formation of double-stranded molecules from two single strands of nucleic acid by base pairing of complementary sequence. Usually achieved incubation at a favourable temperature.
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base pair Two nucleotides in nucleic acid chains that are paired by hydrogen bonding of their bases; for example, A with T or U, and G with C. 2-microglobulin 11.
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The gene for hemophilia is 186,000 base pairs, and has 26 exons separated by 25 introns. Mutations in the gene can be detected by RFLPs.
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[4] The human genome has 3 billion base pairs. The average rate of point mutations is about 20-30 in a billion per individual. Almost all point mutations in multi-cellular organisms are strictly neutral.
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Mammalian genomic DNA (including that of humans) contains 6x109 base pairs of DNA per diploid cell.
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transversional mutant A type of mutation in which a purine-pyrimidine base pair is replaced by a pyrimidine-purine base pair.
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trauma Injury caused by accident or violence.
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A short DNA sequence of a few hundred base pairs is required to support the autonomous replication of the chromosomes.
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physical map: a map that locates a gene of interest precisely by showing the actual number of base pairs between genes on a chromosome.
pineal gland: a human endocrine gland in the midbrain that regulates mating behaviors and day-night cycles.
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A system capable of resisting changes in pH even when acid or base is added, consisting of a conjugate acid-base pair in which the ratio of proton acceptor to proton donor is near unity.
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These variable codes for amino acids are possible because of modified bases in the first base of the anticodon, and the basepair formed is called a wobble base pair. The modified bases include inosine and the U-G basepair.
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