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ON
ANTIGENIC DETERMINANT
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OYE EKITI.
TOP UP DEGREE PROGRAM IN AFFILIATION WITH FEDERAL
POLYTECHNIC OFFA
IMMUNOCHEMISTRY
ASSIGNMENT
BY
KOLAWOLE TAJUDEEN OLAMIDE
MATRIC NO : FTP/BCH/22/0054738
DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
LEVEL: 300 LEVEL
SUBMITTED TO:
MR OLANIYI
OUTLINE
DEFINATION OF DNA
DNA AS A MOLECULES
THE BASES
NUCLEOTIDE
JOINED NUCLEOTIDE
GENETICS CODE
1
DNA 2
Adenine (A)
Thymine (T)
Cytosine (C)
Guanine (G)
Nucleotides 6
PO4
adenine
deoxyribose
Joined nucleotides 7
PO4
A molecule of
PO4 DNA is formed
by millions of
nucleotides
PO4
joined together
in a long chain
PO4
sugar-phosphate + bases
backbone
8
DNA consists of a double strand of nucleotides
PO4
PO4
2-stranded DNA 9
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
Bonding 1 10
Adenine Thymine
Cytosine Guanine
Bonding 2 11
PO4
PO4
adenine thymine
PO4
PO4
cytosine guanine
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
13
A DOUBLE HELIX
14
THE DOUBLE HELIX
bases
sugar-phosphate
chain
STOP
replication 16
separate PO4
PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
18
Each strand builds up its partner by adding
the appropriate nucleotides
PO4 PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4 PO4
PO4
PO4
Genetic code 1 19
Ser-Cyst-Val-Gly-Ser-Cyst Ala
Val
Val-Cyst-Ser-Ala-Ser-Cyst-Gly
Val- Cyst-Ala-Ala-Ser-Gly
For example
Cytosine
Thymine
Cytosine (C)
Guanine (G) Codes for Alanine
Adenine (A)
Triplet code 22