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Figure 16.1 and 6. James Watson and Francis Crick. Rosalind Franklin and her X-ray diffraction photo of DNA.
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Figure 16.1 and 6 James Watson and Francis Crick Rosalind Franklin and her X-ray diffraction photo of DNA.
>gi|14456711|ref|NM_000558.3| Homo sapiens hemoglobin, alpha 1 (HBA1), mRNA ACTCTTCTGGTCCCCACAGACTCAGAGAGAACCCACCATGGTGCTGTCTCCTGCCGACAAGACCAACGTCAAGGCCGCCTGGGGTAAGGTCGGCGCGCACGCTGGCGAGTATGGTGCGGAGGCCCTGGAGAGGATGTTCCTGTCCTTCCCCACCACCAAGACCTACTTCCCGCACTTCGACCTGAGCCACGGCTCTGCCCAGGTTAAGGGCCACGGCAAGAAGGTGGCCGACGCGCTGACCAACGCCGTGGCGCACGTGGACGACATGCCCAACGCGCTGTCCGCCCTGAGCGACCTGCACGCGCACAAGCTTCGGGTGGACCCGGTCAACTTCAAGCTCCTAAGCCACTGCCTGCTGGTGACCCTGGCCGCCCACCTCCCCGCCGAGTTCACCCCTGCGGTGCACGCCTCCCTGGACAAGTTCCTGGCTTCTGTGAGCACCGTGCTGACCTCCAAATACCGTTAAGCTGGAGCCTCGGTGGCCATGCTTCTTGCCCCTTGGGCCTCCCCCCAGCCCCTCCTCCCCTTCCTGCACCCGTACCCCCGTGGTCTTTGAATAA AGTCTGAGTGGGCGGC LE 16-5 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
(a) Space-fillingmodel Key features ofDNA structure (c) 5 end G C Hydrogen bond C G 3 end C G C A T G 3.4 nm Figure 16.7 A T C G C G C G A T 1 nm G C T A C G C G T A G C 3 end A T A T 0.34 nm 5 end A T (b) Partial chemical structure
Sugar Figure 16.8 Sugar Adenine (A) Thymine (T) Sugar Sugar Guanine (G) Cytosine (C)
Purine purine: too wide Figure 16.UN01 Pyrimidine pyrimidine: too narrow Purine pyrimidine: widthconsistent with X-ray data
Stability of DNA: example of a DNA melting curve. UV absorbance spectra of native and heat-denatured E. coli DNA. Voet, Fundamentals, 2nd
Variation of the melting temperatures, Tm, of various DNAs with their G + C content. Relevance for DNA melting and hybridization PCR (polymerase chain reaction) DNA microarrays (gene expression) Helicases, polymerases (transcription, duplication) Chargaff’s rule shows correlation between Tm and G+C content Voet and Voet, Biochemistry, chapter 5