DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
The sugar that is part of DNA
What is deoxyribose?
100
The sugar that is found in RNA
What is Ribose?
100
For protein synthesis to take place tRNA must match up with which other RNA

What is mRNA?

100

A mistake in copying the DNA strand results in this.

What is a mutation?

100
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
200
The 4 nitrogen bases of DNA
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
200
The sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA that would complement the following bases on DNA: A T T C G C A G T
What is U A A G C G U C A
200
DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis.
What is Transcription?
200

DNA is the acronym for 

Deoxyribonucleic acid

200

In DNA this always pairs with Adenine.

What is thymine?

300

Created a model of DNA

Who are Watson and Crick

300
The full names for the three different types of RNA
What are messenger RNA, transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA?
300
Anticodons and amino acids are found on this molecule.
What is transfer RNA?
300

RNA is the acronym for this

What is ribonucleic acid?

300
This always pairs with cytosine (C)?

What are enzymes?

400

The cell does this by twisting or untwisting the DNA strand.

What is controls which genes are used?

400
The names of the 4 nitrogen bases of RNA.
What are Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Uracil?
400
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule
What is a codon?
400

These are formed from chains of amino acids?

What are proteins

400
The organelle that makes proteins

What is a ribosome?

500

Took an x-ray of DNA

Who is Franklin?

500
Two differences between the STRUCTURE of RNA and DNA.
What is DNA is double stranded and RNA is single stranded? What is RNA has RIbose and DNA has Deoxyribose? What is RNA has the base Uracil and DNA has the base Thymine?
500
This is the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC?
500

This is found in the chromosomes of cells.

What is DNA?

500

tRNA brings these to the ribosome.

What are amino acids?

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