DNA Structure
Breaking the Code
Vocabulary
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What is the structure of DNA
What is a double helix
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A strand of DNA has what nitrogenous bases?
What is A, T, C, G
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What is a codon?
What is groups of three nitrogenous bases on mRNA
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What is the end result of DNA replication?
What is two identical strands from the parent strand.
100
How do the nitrogenous bases bond and how many hydrogen bonds are between each pair?
What is A--T C---G
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What are the"rungs of the ladder" composed of?
What is nitrogenous bases.
200
A strand of RNA has what nitrogenous bases?
What is A, U, C, G
200
What is an anticodon
What is groups of three nitrogenous bases on tRNA
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What is the purpose of mRNA?
What is to move the DNA information out of the nucleus and into the cytoplasm to find a ribosome.
200
What is the process of DNA replication
What is DNA unwinds and is copied to two identical strands.
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The "sides of the ladder" are composed of . . .
What is deoxyribose and phosphate group
300
Make the DNA into mRNA ATCGTCATTCAGA
UAGCAGUAAGUCU
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What is a nucelotide
What is deoxyribose, nitrogenous base, and phosphate group
300
What is the purpose of tRNA
What is to move amino acids to line up according to mRNA codons
300
Explain the process of transcription.
What is DNA is copied to mRNA in the nucleus. Then the mRNA leaves the nucleus and goes to the cytoplasm to find a ribosome
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What are the four nitrogenous bases?
What is A, T, C, G
400
If the mRNA strand is A U C G U A U C C G U G what are the anticodons.
What is UAG CAU AGG CAC
400
What are proteins made out of?
What is amino acids
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Why does the order of mRNA important
What is the order of mRNA determines the order of amino acids to make the right protein.
400
Explain the process of translation
What is anticodons on tRNA match up with codons on mRNA to put the amino acids in order to make a protein,
500
What are three differences between DNA and RNA
What is DNA RNA Double Helix Single Strand Thymine Uracil Deoxyribose Ribose
500
What determines the order of amino acids as tRNA lines up, codons or anticodons?
What is CODONS
500
Where does protein synthesis occur?
What is ribosomes
500
Why are proteins important
What is they tell the cell what it's job is
500
What happens if a protein is made incorrectly?
What is a mutation.
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