RNA
The primary function of RNA that is vital to cells working properly.
What is synthesis of proteins?
The four nitrogen bases that comprise a DNA molecule.
What are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine?
This part of all cells means "cell fluid" in Latin.
What is the cytoplasm?
The organelle responsible for the construction of a protein.
What is a ribosome?
This mutation has no effect because it does not change the amino acid translated.
What is a neutral (silent) mutation?
This nucleotide would pair with adenine from a DNA template to help form mRNA.
What is uracil?
The nitrogen base that should always pair with cytosine.
What is guanine?
The cell membrane is found in the cells of all living things. This type of lipid would make the cell membrane.
What is a phospholipid?
The organelle that is found only in animal cells and houses digestive enzymes for cellular digestion.
What is a lysosome?
Progeria, or premature aging, caused by a mutation is an example of this.
What is a harmful mutation?
RNA nucleotides are composed of this sugar with 5 carbon molecules.
What is ribose?
The location in the cell where DNA would be found.
What is the nucleus?
This structure found in the center of eukaryotic cells would house the nucleic acids.
What is the nucleus?
ATP is produced by this organelle.
What is the mitochondria?
Having a gene from one parent for normal hemoglobin and one gene for sickle cell anemia is a helpful mutation resulting in resistance to this disease.
What is malaria?
The form of RNA that would have an amino acid attached to it.
What is tRNA?
The primary job of DNA in the cell of an organism.
What is heredity (traits)?
This is a small "pod" used for transporting proteins within a cell.
What is a vesicle?
The ribosome, or rRNA, works in conjunction with these two items to form a protein.
What are mRNA and tRNA?
An example of a mutation that results in the shifting of the reading frame of rRNA due to an extra nucleotide being in the mRNA transcript.
What is a frameshift mutation or insertion?
The two locations where RNA is found within a cell.
What are the nucleus and the cytoplasm?
The 3 parts that make a DNA nucleotide.
What are nitrogen bases, phosphate group, and a 5 carbon sugar (deoxyribose)?
These two items would be found in a plant cell that are not found in animal cells.
What are cell walls, vacuoles, or chloroplasts?
The Golgi Body packages and processes proteins. This involves levels 2 through 4 of protein development. Level three of this development is typified by the formation of this.
What are hydrophobic areas?
Mutations can be caused by several items that collectively are known as mutagens. The most common three are
What are radiation, chemicals, and toxins?