DNA
The shape is DNA
What is a "double helix"?
The 4 nitrogenous bases of an RNA molecule include....
What is Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil
The site where mRNA is copied from DNA.
What is the "nucleus?"
The type of mutation that removes a base from the sequence of DNA
What is a deletion?
Changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA
What are Mutations?
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 process of turning genes on or off
What is gene expression?
the type of RNA that transfers the appropriate amino acid
What is tRNA?
The 4 nitrogenous bases of a DNA molecule include...
What is Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine
Name the three different types of RNA
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
The process in which DNA is used to make an mRNA strand.
What is Transcription?
In this type of mutation an extra nucleotide is inserted into the copied DNA strand
Insertion
In what organelle is mRNA read and the protein synthesized?
What is " the ribosome?"
The bond that connects nitrogenous bases in DNA in the rungs of the ladder
What are hydrogen bonds?
The name of the strand that is created from the DNA template for protein synthesis.
What is the mRNA?
The secondary process of Protein synthesis in which mRNA is used to produce proteins.
What is Translation?
Examine the following mutation
ACG GGC AAA CGA TTG -->
ACG GGC AAC GAT TG
This mutation is an example of :
What is an insertion?
The type of RNA that carries the message from the nucleus to the ribosome
What is mRNA?
IN DNA....
Adenine pairs with ___________
Guanine pairs with ____________
What is Thymine?
What is Cytosine?
A DNA strand is ATG CTA CCG. What would be the resulting mRNA codons:
WHAT IS UAC GAU GGC?
What is the codon that codes for Methionine?
The CAUUUG sequence of bases mutated to CACUUG, resulting in the same amino acid sequence. Is this really possible?
What is yes?
A group of 3 three bases on mRNA that determine a specific amino acid is called a ________
What is a "codon?"
A DNA Molecule has the bases, AGC-TAC-GCT. WHAT is the complementary DNA strand molecule that will form
WHAT is TCG-ATG-CGA?
IN RNA...
A pairs with ___
and C pairs with ____
A-U
C-G
A ribosome will continue to create a protein until it encounters a......
What is a "Stop Codon."
This can impact gene expression
What is environmental changes, hormonal changes, or introduced chemicals?
This technology is like a cut and paste tool for genes, helping scientists regulate specific genes
what is CRISPR?
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
DNA holds the code to create....
What are proteins?
This type of mutation replaces one base with another...
What is a substitution?
what is an amino acid?