I. E. coli chromosomal structure
A. Circular
B. Supercoiled
C. DNA binding
proteins
D. Loops
II. Chromosomes of other bacteria:
A. Linear or
circular
B. One to a few
chromosomes
III. Viral genetic material
A. DNA or RNA
B. Single or
double stranded
C. One or multiple
strands
D. Some with
redundant, permutated, sticky ends
IV. Karyotype [website exercise]
V. Chromatin
A. Euchromatin
B. Heterochromatin
1. Constitutive
2. Facultative
VI. Histone proteins
A. Core proteins:
H2A, H2B, H3, H4
B. Linker protein:
H1
VII. Nonhistone proteins
VIII. Nucleosome
IX. 10-nm nucleofilaments
X. 30-nm chromatin fibers
XI. Scaffolding proteins
XII. Centromere structure
XIII. Telomere structure
XIV. Unique sequence DNA
XV. Repetitive sequence DNA
A. Tandem
B. Dispersed:
SINE, LINE
XVI. [C0t
curves]
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Last Updated: June 24
2001
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