1
How many basic types of nucleic acids exists?
2
What forms a backbone of a DNA molecule?
Deoxyribose and phosphate group
What is the primary function of a nucleic acid?
Storage information
What nitrogenous bases are found in DNA?
Cytosine
Thymine
Adenine
Guanine
What nitrogenous bases are found in RNA?
Cytosine
Guanine
Adenine
Uracil
A phosphodiester bond links:
a sugar and a phosphate group
A nucleic acid monomer is called:
nucleotide
Who are the scientists that are credited with discovering the structure of DNA?
James Watson and Francis Crick
What is the discrete unit of DNA that produces a protein that provides the functionality a cell needs?
Gene
What is the protein that plays a central role in DNA folding?
Histone
What is the terms that encompassess all the cellular activities involved in building protein molecules?
Protein Synthesis
What is the concept that represents the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein
Central Dogma
What bases are categorized as purines?
Guanine and Adenine
List the base pairing in RNA:
C --> G
A --> U
List the base pairing in DNA:
C --> G
A --> T
What are the three ways in which RNA is different than DNA?
Single Stranded
Ribose
Uracil
What is the process of decoding RNA as instructions for building an amino acid chain?
Translation
What is the process of transferring genetic information from DNA to RNA?
Transcription
The sugar end of the DNA strand is referred to as the _____ end:
3'
The phosphate end of a DNA strand is referred to as the ____ end:
5'
Give the complementary DNA strand:
A-T-C-G-A
T-A-G-C-T
Give the complementary DNA strand:
C-G-G-T-A-G
G-C-C-A-T-C
Give the complementary DNA strand:
A-T-C-G-T-T-A-G
T-A-G-C-A-A-T-C
Give the complementary RNA strand:
U-A-G-C-U-A
A-U-C-G-A-U
Give the complementary RNA strand:
A-G-G-U-C-A
U-C-C-A-G-U