DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
Miscellaneous
100

What is the name of the sugar that is part of DNA

What is deoxyribose?

100

What is the name of the sugar that is found in RNA

What is Ribose?

100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome?
100

*Daily Double*

A mutation that does not change the sequence of amino acids and does not cause disease.

What is a silent 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
The type of mutation that occurs when one base is replaced by another.
What is a substitution?
200

*Daily Double*

Translate the following mRNA sequence. AUG-UGA-CGC-AAC-AAU

Met-Stop

300

Describe DNA Replication. Where does it occur, what stage of the cell cycle, what happens? 

Nucleus, S phase, Copying DNA to make two identical copies. 

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

A mutation that results in a change in amino acid sequence. 

What is an missence mutation?

300
These special types of proteins help to unzip DNA and match up complementary nucleotide bases during DNA replication and protein synthesis.
What are enzymes?
400
The three parts of the DNA nucleotide (building block)
What are deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base?
400

Translate the following DNA Sequence: TAGAATGCGTTGACT. On which bases will the protein be built in the mRNA?

AUG-UUA-CGC-AAC-UGA

Protein begins building on AUG codon. 

400

Translate the following mRNA sequence. AUG-UUA-CGC-AAC-UGA

Met-Leu-Arg-Asp-Stop 

400
The type of mutation that happens when a base is either deleted or inserted, causing a change in the reading of codons and amino acids.
What is a frameshift?
400
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?
500

What are the names of the 4 enzymes that assist the dna replication process. 

Helicase

Primase

DNA Polymerase

Ligase 

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
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?
500

The Original DNA strand Reads TAG-AAT-GCG-ACT

The mutated DNA Strand reads TAG-AAA-TGC-GAC-T

Identify the type of mutation and effect, then transcribe and translate the mutated strand. 

Framshift, Insertion

AUG-UUU-ACG-CUG-A

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