DNA Replication
Transcription
Translation
Enzymes
Biological Potpourri
100
The point in the organisms life when cells divide and DNA replicates
What is growth and healing
100
Transcription takes DNA template and forms this molecule
What is RNA
100
This process takes a mRNA molecule and produces this
What is a polypeptide
100
Enzymes belong to this group of biological molecules
What are proteins
100
The term given to DNA that contains genes from 2 or more organisms
What is recombinant DNA (rDNA)
200
The enzyme involved in unzipping and unwinding the double helix during replication
What is DNA helicase
200
The length of DNA that contains the information for one entire protein
What is a gene
200
The process of translation occurs here
What is the cytoplasm
200
Enzymes are considered to be this. A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction, but is not used in the reaction
What is a catalyst
200
The term given to vitamins that often help enzymes perform their function
What are enzyme cofactors
300
The enzyme responsible for pairing up the bases during complimentary base pairing
What is DNA polymerase
300
This is the location of the transcription process
What is nucleus
300
These are the steps involved in translation
What is initiation, elongation and termination
300
Enzymes speed up chemical reactions by lowering this
What is activation energy
300
These are the 3 types of RNA formed by transcription
What are mRNA, rRNA and tRNA
400
The enzyme responsible for sealing the bonds within the sugar phosphate backbone of the daughter strand
What is DNA ligase
400
The enzyme that performs the steps in transcription
What is RNA polymerase
400
The names of the binding sites in a ribosome
What are the amino, the peptide and the exit sites
400
These are 3 factors that affect the rate of an enzyme catalyzed reaction
What are temperature, concentration, pH
400
This is a benefit to our society the recombinant DNA technology has produced
What is insulin production or human growth hormone production or blood clotting factor production
500
The term given to replication because each new double helix contains a daughter strand and a parent strand
What is semi-conservative
500
This is the section of the nucleotide that is different between DNA nucleotides and RNA nucleotides
What is the 5 carbon sugar, deoxyribose and ribose.
500
The mRNA codon that a tRNA, with an anti codon of AAU, would attach to.
What is UUA
500
This is the difference between a competitive and a non-competitive inhibitor
What is a competitive inhibitor binds to the active site, while a non-competitive inhibitor binds to another site
500
These are the names of the 4 nitrogenous bases in DNA and how they pair up
What is adenine bonds to thymine, guanine bonds to cytosine
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