What is chargaff's rule?
Percent of A equals percent of T. percent of G and C are equal too.
20% of the DNA is Thymine. What percent is Cytosine?
30%.
Molecules found in the backbone of DNA
Deoxyribose and phosphate group.
This enzyme unzips the DNA to prepare for replication.
What is helicase
A mutation that results in a stop codon being in the wrong place.
What is a premature stop codon.
During this process introns are removed and the cap and tail are put on the RNA.
What is RNA editing or RNA processing.
Bonds between phosphate group and deoxyribose is a:
rRNA
What are the 2 adjectives we use to describe the codon system? _____________ and _____________.
Redundant and unambiguous.
The theory of replication that states that each strand will serve as a template strand.
Semi Conservative Model.
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?
The DNA template strand reads CCA. What would the anticodon read?
CCA
The original strand of DNA is ACT TTG CGA The mutated strand of DNA is ACT TTC GA This is a _______________ mutation that causes a _________ of amino acids.
What is a deletion? What is a frameshift?
A disease that results in a change in the shape of hemoglobin in red blood cells due to a point mutation.
What is sickle cell anemia