Vocabulary
DNA Structure
DNA --> RNA
RNA ---> Proteins
Mutations
100
The full name for DNA
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
100
DNA is located here
What is the nucleus
100
The process of making RNA from a DNA template.
What is Transcription
100
The process of making Proteins from mRNA template.
What is Translation
100
a change in DNA that affects genetic information
What is a mutation
200
The full name for RNA
What is ribonucleic acid
200
the number of strands in DNA
What are two strands
200
Location where RNA is made from DNA
What is the nucleus
200
Location where proteins are made from RNA
What is the cytoplasm
200
two examples of frameshift mutations
What are insertions and deletions
300
substance that causes mutations
What is a mutagen
300
The components of a nucleotide
What are Deoxyribose (sugar), phosphate group and nitrogen base
300
the nitrogen base found in RNA in place of Thymine.
What is Uracil
300
the number of nitrogen bases in a codon
What is 3
300
a gene mutation when one nitrogen base is replaced by another
What is substitution
400
The four nitrogen bases of RNA
What are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil
400
The DNA backbone has these two components
What are Phosphate groups and deoxyribose (sugar)
400
Given the DNA base sequence of GCTACTAAC, this is the corresponding mRNA sequence
What is CGAUGAUUG
400
The amino acid chain that corresponds to this mRNA sequence: CACAAUGCCCCG
What is Histidine, Asparagine, Alanine, Proline
400
a chromosomal mutation in which there is an extra copy of a piece of the chromosome
What is duplication
500
mRNA attaches to this in the cytoplasm when making proteins
What is ribosome
500
The matching strand of DNA to: CGTCAATCG
What is GCAGTTAGC
500
Once RNA is made it leaves the _________ and travels to the __________
What is nucleus, cytoplasm
500
The matching tRNA sequence to this mRNA sequence: CACAAUGCCCCG
What is GUGUUACGGGGC
500
a chromosomal mutation in which a piece of one chromosome breaks off and attaches itself to another chromosome
What is translocation
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