CPSC 382Organic Chem Ag Biol ProcTopic #11 - Nucleic Acids1. Overview of nucleic acid structure2. Nucleotidesa. structure of pentose sugars, bases, and phosphate linkagesb. anomeric carbon in ribose and deoxyribose3. Roles of nucleotides in cell energy metabolism and signal transduction4. Nucleic acidsa. generalized structure of a nucleic acid polymerb. DNA structure(1) orientation of DNA nucleic acid chains(2) base pairing(3) DNA secondary structure as double helix(4) DNA replicationc. RNA(1) mRNA generalized structure(2) tRNA generalized structure5. Overview of gene expressiona. transcriptionb. translation6. Plant genome organizationa. multiple genomes and the “Endosymbiont Hypothesis”b. sizes of the nuclear, plastid and mitochondrial genomesc. organization of nuclear DNA into chromosomesNucleotides: Pentose sugars:Bases in DNA:Phosphate linkages: Nucleosides:Ribonucleotides:Nucleic Acids:General structure of nucleic acids: DNA structure:DNA replication:RNA structures: mRNA generated complimentary to DNA strand during transcription:tRNA structure: Overview of Gene Expression:Plant Genome Organization:Organization of DNA in nuclear
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