macromolecules
This is the name for the building blocks of polymers
What is a monomer?
This type of mutation is a permanent alteration in the DNA sequence, changing it from its original form
What is a gene mutation?
What is the chemical formula for water
What is H2O
According to Chargaff's Rules, this nitrogen base's complementary base pair is adenine
What is thymine?
This is the charge of oxygen molecules
What is partially negative?
This macromolecule's suffix is typically "-ase"
What are proteins?
Disorders like Trisomy 21, Turner syndrome, and Klinefelter syndrome result from this type of mutation
What are chromosomal mutations?
This word beginning in "hydro-" in synonomous with non-polar
What is hydrophobic?
These are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA
What are adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine?
What are A, T, G, and C?
This is made up of pentose sugar, a phosphate group, and nitrogenous bases. Can also be called the monomer of nucleic acids
What is a nucleotide?
This is the part of DNA that comprises the "rungs" in the DNA ladder
What are nitrogenous bases?
This type of codon signals the termination of protein synthesis. Examples include UAA, UAG, and UGA
What are stop codons?
This is the reason why oil and water separate
What is polarity?
This is the complementary strand for the template strand ACTGCA
What is TGACGT?
This is the percentage of every other base if a molecule of DNA contained 23% thymine
Adenine - 23%
Guanine - 27%
Cytosine - 27%
This macromolecule's purpose is to store energy long-term, works as an insulator, and some hormones
What are lipids?
This is the name for a mutation that has no effect on the outcome of the protein
What is a silent mutation?
This property of water allows water to stick to non-water objects
What is adhesion?
This is the name for the structure that DNA has. Some say that it looks like a "twisted ladder."
What is a double helix?
This step of protein synthesis copies DNA into mRNA. This is the first step of protein synthesis.
What is transcription?
This is the name for the sugar in RNA
What is ribose?
This type of mutation replaces one amino acid with another, which has the potential to alter protein function.
What is a missense mutation
This is the type of bond water molecules have with one another
What are hydrogen bonds?
These are the two scientists credited with their model of the DNA structure
This is the location of translation in a eukaryotic cell
What is the cytoplasm?