Small segments of DNA that is synthesized discontinuously.
What is OKAZAKI FRAGMENT
100
Molecule that contains the sugar ribose, the base uracil replaces thymine, and is single stranded.
What is RNA
100
Long strands of RNA that are formed complementary to one strand of DNA. The contractor or foreman.
What is mRNA
100
A permanent change in a cell's DNA
What is MUTATION
200
Subunits of nucleic acids and consist of a five-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine)
What is NUCLEOTIDE
200
An enzyme that catalyzes the addition of appropriate nucleotides to the new strand of DNA.
What is DNA POLYMERASE
200
An enzyme that synthesizes RNA from DNA
What is RNA POLYMERASE
200
The type of RNA that associates with proteins to form ribosomes. The workers.
What is rRNA
200
The ability of an organism to control which genes are transcribed in response to the environment.
What is GENE REGULATION
300
How do the bases pair up in DNA?
What is C=G & A=T
300
During ______________, parental strands of DNA separate, serve as templates, and produce DNA molecules that have one strand of parental DNA and one strand of new DNA.
What is SEMI CONSERVATIVE REPLICATION
300
The three base code in DNA or mRNA that codes for a specific amino acid.
What is CODON
300
Smaller segments of RNA that transport amino acids to the ribosomes. The delivery guys.
What is tRNA
300
Substances that cause mutations.
What is MUTAGEN
400
Who discovered the shape of DNA?
What is WATSON & CRICK
400
What shape is prokaryotic DNA?
What is CIRCULAR
400
The coding sequence that is used in the final mRNA.
What is EXON
400
The synthesis of mRNA from DNA. Copying down the instructions.
What is TRANSCRIPTION
400
Genes that determine the body plan of an organism.
What is HOX GENES
500
When DNA wraps around histones it forms a _______.
What is NUCLEOSOME
500
What are the names of the two strands of DNA during replication?
What is LEADING AND LAGGING
500
The coding sequences that intervene the others and are extra and not in the final mRNA
What is INTRON
500
Reading the code and translating it to make a protein.
What is TRANSLATION
500
What are the three main types of mutations.
What is POINT (SUBSTITUTION), INSERTION, AND DELETION