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Chapter 10: DNA The Molecular Basis of Genetics. The flow of information:. 1. Storage. 2. Replication. 3. Expression. DNA as the Genetic Material. *1868 Friedrick Miescher. *1910 Phoebus Levene tetranucleotide hypothesis. *1927 Frederick Griffith transforming principle.
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Chapter 10: DNA The Molecular Basis of Genetics The flow of information: 1. Storage 2. Replication 3. Expression
DNA as the Genetic Material *1868 FriedrickMiescher *1910 Phoebus Levene tetranucleotide hypothesis *1927 Frederick Griffith transforming principle *1944 Avery, MacLeod and McCarty *1952 Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
Evidence for DNA in Eukaryotes: Indirect evidence: *Distribution of DNA *Mutagenesis *RNA – genetic material in some viruses
Structural Analysis of DNA: *nucleoside *nucleotide
Nucleic Acid Polarity *Top of molecule has free 5’-phosphate group This is the 5’ end *Bottom has a free 3’ hydroxyl group This is the 3’ end
Base Composition: *1949-1953 Chargaff’s Rules
DNA Structure: *Early 1950’s Rosalind Franklin *1953 Watson and Crick *Linus Pauling
S.R. Eddy (2001) Noncoding RNA genes and the modern RNA world, Nature Reviews Genetics, 2:919-929 RNA Structure: *Similar to DNA *Three major classes of RNA