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Okazaki fragments are glued together by this enzyme.
Ligase
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Where does transcription take place?
In the nucleus
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What is a codon?
it is a series of 3 nitrogen bases found on an mRNA strand
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What does the "m" stand for in mRNA?
messenger
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What are 3 types of RNA?
mRNA, tRNA and rRNA
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What is one difference in DNA and RNA?
DNA is a double Helix, RNA is a single Helix.
DNA has Deoxyribose, RNA has ribose
In DNA A-T, in RNA A-U
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What mRNA bases would pair with this strand of DNA: G-G-A-T-C-G-C-C-T-A
C-C-U-A-G-C-G-G-A-U
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What occurs during translation?
an mRNA strand is "decoded" into a sequence of amino acids, that result in a protein
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The genetic code is read ______ bases at a time.
3
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One side of DNA is upside down. This is called _________.
Anti-parallel
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What are 2 steps in protein synthesis called?
Transcription and Translation
300
What is the result of transcription?
a copy of a gene is made, using mRNA
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What enzyme unwinds and unzips DNA
Helicase
300
Where does translation occur?
Translation occurs in a ribosome
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The slow strand of DNA that does not occur continuously in DNA replicaation.
Lagging Strand
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What sugar is found in DNA, versus RNA?
DNA has deoxyribose sugar and RNA has ribose sugar.
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What is the other side of this DNA sequence?
TTGACC
AACTGG
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tRNA stands for ___________.
transfer RNA
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DNA polymerase works in a _________ to _______ direction.
5' to 3'
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Ribosomal rna is called?
rRNA
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Where is DNA located in an eukaryotic cell?
DNA is found in the nucleus
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This nitrogen base is found in RNA, but not in DNA
Uracil
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Where must an mRNA attach before protein production can begin?
mRNA must attach itself to a ribosome
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Using the codon chart, determine what amino acid correlates to the mRNA codon U-U-G
Leu
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The chunks of DNA created on the lagging strand during DNA replication are called __________.
Okazaki fragments