DNA
The shape is DNA
What is a "double helix"?
The shape of mRNA is
What is a "single strand"
The site where mRNA is created from the DNA.
What is the "nucleus?"
A group of 3 three bases on mRNA that determine a specific amino acid is called a ________
What is a "codon?"
deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base makes up a...
What is nucleotide?
True or False
DNA and RNA are both nucleic acids
True
DNA: CAT-GTA-CCG. What is the complementary mRNA strand from the DNA sequence?
What is RNA: GUA-CAU-GGC
the type of RNA that translates the appropriate amino acid
What is tRNA?
The 4 nitrogenous bases of a DNA molecule include...
What is Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine
The 4 nitrogenous bases of an RNA molecule include....
What is Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil
The process in which DNA is used to make an mRNA strand.
What is Transcription?
3 nitrogen bases that are complimentary to the mRNA codons during translation.
What is the "anticodon."
The bond that connects nitrogenous bases in DNA in the rungs of the ladder
What are hydrogen bonds?
Where in a cell are you most likely to find RNA (but NO DNA)
What is "the cell body"
The secondary process of Protein synthesis in which mRNA is used to produce proteins.
What is Translation?
The type of RNA that carries the message from the nucleus to the cell body
What is mRNA?
Adenine pairs with ___________
Guanine pairs with ____________
What is Thymine?
What is Cytosine?
The name of the strand that is created from the DNA template for protein synthesis.
What is the mRNA?
Ribosomes read the mRNA strand one codon at a time. Each codon is made of ______ nitrogenous bases and encodes for _______ amino acid at a time
What are "3" and "1"?
This nucleic acid codes for amino acids.
What is "mRNA"
A DNA Molecule has the bases, AGC-TAC-GCT. WHAT is the complementary DNA molecule that will form
WHAT is TCG-ATG-CGA?
An RNA strand is AUG-CUA-CCG. What would be the resulting tRNA anticodons:
WHAT IS UAC-GAU-GGC?
A ribosome will continue to create a protein until it encounters a......
What is a "Stop Codon."
Provide the missing information
DNA: CTA
mRNA:
What is..
mRNA: GAU
The three parts of each nucleotide
What are:
A phosphate group
A deoxyribose sugar
A nitrogen-containing base
List 3 differences between a DNA & RNA molecule
DNA is double-stranded; RNA is single
N. Bases for DNA: A, C, G, T; RNA: A, U, C, G
DNA has a deoxyribose sugar; RNA: ribose sugar
DNA has the genetic code; RNA uses DNA to carry the message.
DNA can't leave the nucleus; RNA has to leave the nucleus
The role of a start codon is to
What is "begin amino acid translation"
Provide the missing information
mRNA:
tRNA: UAG
mRNA: AUC