DNA Structure
Took the first X-ray image of DNA
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
The base that is found in RNA and not DNA
What is U (uracil)?
Before DNA is translated to a protein, this type of molecule is transcribed.
What is RNA?
The first step of DNA profiling
What is extracting DNA from the rest of the cell?
Sugars and the phosphates make up this part of a DNA molecule.
What is the "backbone" or "rails of the ladder"?
Won the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA
Who are Watson, Crick, and Wilkins?
U (uracil) replaces which base in DNA?
What is T (thymine) ?
Each RNA triplet instructs the cell to make one of these
What is an amino acid?
The role of restriction enzymes
What is cutting up DNA into fragments?
The "steps" of the DNA ladder are composed of these.
What are nucleotides OR base pairs
Studied bacteria, discovered that a "transforming factor" caused harmless bacteria to become harmful.
Who is Frederick Griffith?
This type of RNA assembles itself into an "apple with a hole in it" through which mRNA can slither. (Use full name)
What is ribosomal RNA (rRNA)?
Amino acids are combined to create these larger structures.
What are proteins?
Gel electrophoresis is used to sort fragments by...
What is size or length?
The four nitrogenous bases go together in these two pairings
What are A-T and G-C?
Mistook Rosalind Franklin for his assistant upon first meeting her, shared her work without her knowledge
Who is Wilkins?
3 nitrogenous bases make up one of these
What is a codon?
The percentage of cells in your body that contain DNA
What is 100%?
A flourescent image created to analyze and compare DNA fragment patterns.
What is an autoradiogram?
The DNA strand that compliments the following original strand:
G-C-A-T-T-G-C-G
What is C-G-T-A-A-C-G-C ?
The scientist who developed the process of DNA profiling
Who is Alec Jeffries?
RNA is an abbreviation for this term
What is ribonucleic acid?
The structures in the cell (outside the nucleus) where proteins are made.
What are ribosomes?
The type of science that deals with criminal evidence
What is forensic science?