DNA & RNA
Scientists
Enzymes
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
100
The sugar that is part of DNA
What is deoxyribose?
100

Discovered the structure of DNA

Who are Watson and Crick?

100

an enzyme that unzips the DNA by breaking hydrogen bonds

What is helicase?

100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome?
100
A mutation that does not change the sequence of amino acids and does not cause disease.
What is a silent mutation?
200

The base that is only found in RNA

What is Uracil?

200

Worked with X-ray Crystallography and took "Photo 51"

Who is Rosalind Franklin

200

The enzyme that adds bases to the strand.

What is polymerase?

200
DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis.
What is Transcription?
200

The type of mutation that occurs when one base is replaced by another.

What is a substitution or point mutation?

300

DNA bases with two rings (type of base and names of examples).

What are purines? What are Adenine & Guanine?

300

Said A=T and C=G in all species

Who is Chargaff?

300

The enzyme that adds a short primer to the sequence to initiate replication.

What is Primase?

300
Anticodons and amino acids are found on this molecule.
What is transfer RNA?
300

A point mutation that results in ONE amino acid changing but the rest staying the same

What is a missense mutation?

400
The three parts of the DNA nucleotide (building block)
What are deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base?
400

Dyed DNA and Protein in bacteriophages to determine which was the genetic material

Who are Hershey & Chase?

400

The enzyme that glues Okazaki fragments together.

What is ligase?

400
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule
What is a codon?
400
The type of mutation that happens when a base is either deleted or inserted, causing a change in the reading of codons and amino acids.
What is a frameshift?
500

Three things that are different in RNA compared to DNA.

What are ribose sugar, Uracil base, and single stranded sequence?

500

Discovered that there was a transforming principle that turned pneumonia into new strains

Who was Griffith?

500

the "weights" that help stabilize the molecule during replication

What are SSBPs (single stranded binding proteins)?

500
This is the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC?
500
The original strand of DNA is ACT TTG CGA The mutated strand of DNA is ACT TTC GA This is a _______________ mutation that causes a _________ of amino acids.
What is a deletion? What is a frameshift?
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