Dna methylation Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

USMLE Step 1- Biochemistry Questions and Answers(2022)Answered test Histones are rich in which 2 amino acids? Ans- Lysine Arginine What histone protein is responsible for binding to the nucleosome and to the "linker" DNA thereby stabilizing the chromatin fiber? Ans- H1 When does DNA and histone synthesis occur in the cell cycle? Ans- S-phase Will the following be increased or decreased or neutral in heterochromatin? methylation acetylation Ans- methylation increased acety...

USMLE Biochemistry Exam Questions with Correct Answers Heterochromatin - ANSWER Highly Condensed DNA Transcriptionally inactive Ex. Barr bodies (inactivated X chromosomes) Euchromatin - ANSWER Less condensed DNA Transcriptionally active DNA Methylation - ANSWER Occurs at *CpG Islands* to repress transcription 'CpG Methylation Makes DNA MUTE' Template strand *cytosine* and *adenine* are methylated, which allow mismatch repair enzymes to distingu...

Pyrimidine dimers formed in DNA due to UV radiation can be repaired by? SOS repair Double strand break repair Mismatch repair Photoreactivation repair (nucleotide excision repair) Base excision repair - CORRECT ANSWER Photoreactivation repair (nucleotide excision repair) Which of the following repair mechanisms uses methyl groups to distinguish between parental and daughter strands? Answers: Mismatch repair Photoreactivation repair (Nucleotide excision repair) SOS repair Doub...

(MB) ASCP Practice Exam 2023/2024 150 Questions and Answers Which of the following is not a component of a nucleotide? Phosphate group Anti-codon Ribose sugar Nitrogen base - correct answers Anti-codon According to Chargaff's rule of base pairing, adenine pairs with: - correct answers Thymine What genes would be screened in a breast cancer panel? - correct answers HER2, ERBB2, BRCA1 Next Generation Sequencing uses: - correct answers Short sequence reads Purines and pyrimidines differ ...

NR 546 Midterm Exam 2023/2024 Questions AND Answers Update A+ What should the PMHNP consider when prescribing chemical restraints? - Answer-- allergy status -prior med hx for adverse drug reactions r/t the meds ordered in the chemical restraint -state regulations regarding chemical restrains must be reviewed Are the PMHNP and other staff liable if the client has an allergic reaction or adverse side effects to the drugs used for chemical restraint? - Answer-No. The client has been court-...

NR507 Midterm Test Questions with Complete Solutions What is epigenetics? - ANSWER The study of heritable changes in gene expression or phenotype casued by mechanisms *other* than changes in DNA sequences. DNA methylation - ANSWER The attachment of a methyl group to a cytosine base is followed by a guanine base...causes a gene to become transcriptionally inactive or silent. Epigenetic processes play a major role in cancer initiation, progression, and treatmen...

Pyrimidine dimers formed in DNA due to UV radiation can be repaired by? SOS repair Double strand break repair Mismatch repair Photoreactivation repair (nucleotide excision repair) Base excision repair - CORRECT ANSWER Photoreactivation repair (nucleotide excision repair) Which of the following repair mechanisms uses methyl groups to distinguish between parental and daughter strands? Answers: Mismatch repair Photoreactivation repair (Nucleotide excision repair) SOS repair Doubl...

WGU C785 FINAL EXAM Questions With Correct Answers Latest 2024 GRADED (Biochemistry Units 2-7) What is the basic structure of an amino acid? What do they look like? - Answer amino group (NH2 or NH3), carboxyl group (COO or COOH), alpha carbon (C), and variable group How do you identify the 3 different types of side chains: non-polar/hydrophobic, polar, and charged? - Answer Non-polar/hydrophobic - end with CH or "can't have" water. Polar - end with OH, SH, or NH. Charged - end with a cha...

Biochemistry USMLE Step 1 Exam Questions With Answers histones are rich in which 2 AA's -ANSWER- lysine & argenine Barr bodies (what, type of chromatin) -ANSWER- inactive X chromosomes heterochromatin (highly condensed, sterically inaccessible) less condensed, transcriptionally active, sterically accessible chromatin -ANSWER- euchromatin DNA methylation at CpG islands -ANSWER- represses transcription "CpG Methylation makes DNA Mute" DNA methylation (what is methylated and why...

Complementary DNA and/or RNA molecules pair with each other by hydrogen bonding during replication, transcription, or translation. Which of the following pairs of molecules are complementary? (Select all that apply) - tRNA and mRNA mRNA and template DNA During DNA replication the parent strands ______ and DNA polymerase______. - separate, creates the new DNA strands The following sequence is one strand of the DNA that makes up the SNCA gene that codes for alphasynuclein, a protein found in...