DNA
The four nitrogenous bases possible in any given strand of DNA.
What are A,T,C and G?
DNA's structure is a double helix, whereas RNA's structure is a _________.
What is single strand?
Location where DNA lives in the cell, and the site of transcription.
What is the nucleus?
Location where translation takes place, floating in the cytoplasm.
What is the ribosome?
If there is a _______ in a strand of DNA, the resulting protein at the end of translation will not be able function properly.
What is mutation?
Uncontrollable cell division is known as ______.
What is cancer?
In DNA, A pairs with ____ and C pairs with ____.
What are T and G?
The four nitrogenous bases possible in any given strand of RNA.
What are A, U, C, and G?
What is codon?
The building blocks of protein are called ________.
What are amino acids?
Type of point mutation that results in an early stop codon.
What is nonsense?
The two purposes of mitosis are ________ and _________.
What is growth and repair?
The two structures that make up the "backbone" of DNA.
What are deoxyribose sugar and phosphate group?
When base pairing DNA with RNA, A pairs with _____ and C pairs with ____.
What are U and G?
The product of transcription, which has instructions on how to make a protein from DNA.
What is mRNA?
The final product of translation is a ________.
What is a protein?
Type of mutation that results in a shift in the reading frame of codons.
What is Frameshift?
Cancer cells spend ____ time dividing and ____ time resting than healthy cells.
What is more/less?
A _______ bond exists between two nitrogenous bases in a nucleotide.
What is weak hydrogen?
Type of RNA which is a product of transcription.
What is mRNA?
DNA: TGC AAT CGC
RNA:
What is ACG UUA GCG?
mRNA: CGC AGC UGA
Amino Acids:
What is Arg-Ser-Stop?
Type of point mutation where one amino acid is replaced with an incorrect one.
What is missense?
What is the S phase?
Genes, which are strands of DNA, contain the instructions necessary to make _______.
What are proteins?
Type of RNA that carries anticodons with amino acids to ribosomes.
What is tRNA?
DNA: AAT TGT CGA
RNA:
What is UUA ACA GCU
mRNA: AUG CCG UAC
Amino Acids:
What is Met-Pro-Tyr?
When a protein is not formed properly, we know that a mutation has occurred. On which molecule did this mutation originate?
What is DNA?
Mitosis produces cells that are genetically ________ to their parent cells.
What is identical?