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DNA and Chromosomes. DNA, Chromosome Centromere, telomere, replication origin Nucleosome, Chromatin, Histone: H1, H2A, H2B, H3, H4 Histone octamer, DNA packaging DNA binding proteins, Histone modifications. Lampbrush chromosomes (amphibian oocyte).
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DNA, Chromosome • Centromere, telomere, replication origin • Nucleosome, Chromatin, • Histone: H1, H2A, H2B, H3, H4 • Histone octamer, DNA packaging • DNA binding proteins, Histone modifications
RNA synthesis in Chromosome puffs Red: newly synthesized BrUTP; Blue: old ones diffused
Position Effects on Gene Expression Heterochromatin: condensed Euchromatin: loose
Speculative Model for the heterochromatin at the ends of yeast chromosomes Sir: Silent information regulator
Two speculative models for how the tight packaging of DNA in heterochromatin can be inherited during chromosome replication
SEM of a region near one end of a typical mitotic chromosome
DNA Proofreading • Pairing • Un-Paired nucleotide is easier to be off before covalent ligation, after binding. • Exonucleotic proofreading • Strand directed mismatch repair
Structures of DNA polymerase during polymerizing and editing
DNA Binding Protein SSB: Single Strand DNA-binding Proteins
Cycle of DNA Polymerase/Clamping Protein loading and unloading At the lagging strand