Molecular Biology BT401: Biotechnology
Molecular Biology BT401: Biotechnology
Molecular Biology BT401: Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
BT401
Biotechnology
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Lesson Plan
Module 1
Importance of the
Modules
DNA damage is an abnormal chemical structure in DNA
DNA damages cause changes in the structure of the genetic
material and prevents the replication mechanism from
functioning and performing properly. It has got deleterious
effect on gene expression , hence its important to understand
its cause, mechanism and effects and the repair mechanism
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• Damage to DNA that occurs naturally can
result from metabolic or hydrolytic processes.
Metabolism releases compounds that damage
DNA including reactive oxygen species
• Oxidative DNA damage can produce more
than 20 types of altered bases as well as single
strand breaks
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• DNA damage is distinctly different
from mutation, although both are types of
error in DNA. DNA damage is an abnormal
chemical structure in DNA, while a mutation is
a change in the sequence of standard base
pairs. DNA damages cause changes in the
structure of the genetic material and prevents
the replication mechanism from functioning
and performing properly
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DNA damage resulting in multiple broken
chromosomes
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• DNA damage and mutation have different
biological consequences. While most DNA
damages can undergo DNA repair, such repair
is not 100% efficient. Un-repaired DNA
damages accumulate in non-replicating cells,
such as cells in the brains or muscles of adult
mammals, and can cause aging
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Models of Damage Repair
• Nucleotide excision repair
• base excision repair
• mismatch repair
• SOS repair
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Questions
Questions from the explained Portions of the module
(multiple slides – as required)
Answers or Solutions
Answers of the given questions...
These need to be discussed after certain time gap
(multiple slides – as required)