Famous Researchers
Gene Expression
Heredity
Immunology
Viruses
100
The two people primarily credited with identifying the structure of DNA
Who are Watson and Crick
100
The process where DNA is converted into an mRNA format
What is transcription
100
An alternative version of a gene
What is an allele
100
A particle the body recognizes as foreign
What is an antigen
100
The type of virus that only infects bacteria
What is a phage
200
An X-ray crystalographer whose famous "photo 51" showed DNA to be a double helix
Who is Rosalind Franklin
200
The organelle where translation takes place
What is the ribosome
200
An organisms observable traits
What is phenotype
200
The type of immunity organisms are born with
What is an innate immunity
200
The protein coating on the surface of a virus
What is the capsid
300
Identified the model of DNA replication as semi-conservative
Who are Meselson and Stahls
300
The amino acid carrying molecule that binds to mRNA
What is tRNA
300
The cross between an organism with a known genotype and an organism of unknown genotype
What is a test cross
300
Where white blood cells are created in humans
What is bone marrow
300
A mode of virus replication that lyses the host cell
What is the lytic cycle
400
Identified DNA to be responsible for inheritance
Who are Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
400
The site on DNA where RNA polymerase attaches
What is the promoter
400
The genotype of an unknown parent who, when crossed with a homozygous recessive individual, gives rise to all heterozygous offspring
What is homozygous dominant
400
The white blood cells responsible for humoral immunity
What are B Cells
400
An rna virus that synthesizes DNA from an RNA template using reverse transcriptase
What is a retrovirus
500
Developed a rule that DNA contains an equal amount of adenine:thymine and cystosine:guanine
Who is Erwin Chargaff
500
The DNA strand that serves as a template for transcription
What is the antisense (or negative) strand
500
A homozygous recessive disorder that prevents brain cells from metabolizing lipids
What is Tay-Sachs
500
Responsible for the vast array of diversity among the antigen receptors of white blood cells
What is V(D)J recombination
500
A phage that undergoes the lysogenic cycle
What is a temperate phage
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