Adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine (A, G, T, and C)
What are the complementary bases?
100
Nucleic acid called
What is RNA
100
DNA- RNA- protein
What can the flow of genetic information be symbolized As?
200
Helicases separate the DNA strands
What is the first step of DNA replication?
200
Deoxyribose
What is a five carbon sugar in a DNA nucleotide?
200
The key to understanding the structure of DNA
What are base-pairing rules
200
mRNA, rRNA, and tRNA
What is the 3 types of RNA
200
Two nucleotide strands
What is a DNA nucleotide made of?
300
Ligase
What joins the gaps together in DNA replication
300
Nitrogenous base
What base contains nitrogen, atoms, and carbon
300
The order of nitrogenous bases on a chain of DNA
What is a base sequence
300
The process by which the genetic instructions in a specific gene are transcribed or "rewritten" into an RNA molecule.
What is Transcription
300
Identifies the specific amino acids coded for by each mRNA codon
What does the genetic code do?
400
A process in which genetic information is passed from cell to cell for thousands of generations
What is DNA replication
400
The structure of DNA
What did Watson and crick try to determine?
400
Cytosine on one strand with guanine on the opposite strand, and adenine pairs with thymine.
What are complementary base pairs
400
mRNA
What is DNA is made into what RNA
400
Covalent bonds
What are nucleotides linked by
500
Hershey and Chase
What two scientists tested wether DNA or protein was the hereditary material viruses transfer when viruses enter bacterium.
500
Help hold the toe chains of the DNA double helix together
What do hydrogen bonds do?
500
A model of DNA
What are DNA models
500
1.The ribosomal subunits join together. 2. The polypeptide chain is put together. 3. The polypeptide chain continues to grow as the mRNA moves along the ribosome. 4. The newly made polypeptide falls off. 5. The components of translation come apart.
What is the steps of Translation
500
Carries the genetic "message" from the nucleus to the cytosol