DNA Structure
DNA vs RNA
Replication
Anything Goes
Lets Make Proteins
100
Its shape is like a twisted ladder, or the more scientific sounding description.
What is a double helix?
100
It contains Thymine.
What is DNA?
100
These are broken when helicase unzips the DNA
What is hydrogen bonds?
100
A sequence of 3 nitrogen bases that codes for an amino acid.
What is a codon
100
Sequence that make up proteins
What are amino acids?
200
The sides of the DNA ladder.
What is the deoxyribose-phosphate backbone?
200
It is single stranded.
What is RNA
200
Unzips the DNA
What is helicase?
200
The number of different amino acids that can make up proteins.
What is twenty?
200
a copy of DNA, made by the RNA polymerase
What is mRNA?
300
The 'rungs' of the DNA ladder
What are the nitrogenous bases?
300
It is directly involved in translation.
What is RNA.
300
The complementary strand to ATGCAC?
What is TACGTG?
300
They determined what the structure of the DNA molecule is.
Who are Watson and Crick?
300
Molecule that brings the correct amino acid to the ribosome
What is tRNA?
400
The three parts of a nucleotide.
What are the sugar, phosphate group and the nitrogenous base?
400
the monomer is a nucleotide.
What is DNA and RNA?
400
Adds new nucleotides to DNA template
What is DNA polymerase?
400
Number of bases needed to specify 4 amino acids.
What is 12?
400
The two processes involved in protein synthesis
What is transcription and translation? Transcription: DNA to mRNA in nucleus Translation: mRNA to protein in ribosome
500
Chargaff's Rules
What is A pairs with T AND G pairs with C?
500
It can be found in the nucleus.
What is DNA and RNA.
500
The end result is two DNA molecules each with one NEW and one OLD strand.
What is semi-conservative replication?
500
Solution that breaks down the cell membrane and nuclear membrane to release DNA into solution.
What is Cell Lysis Solution?
500
The anticodon that pairs with the codon AUC
What is UAG?
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