DNA
Structure of DNA
Double helix
The nucleic acid that serves as a blueprint of life, and contains the instructions for making an organism
DNA
Carries instructions of DNA to the rest of the cell
mRNA
DNA: CAT-GTA-CCG-TAT. What is the RNA strand from the DNA sequence?
GUA-CAU-GGC-AUA
Type of RNA that transfers the appropriate amino acid to the ribosomes
tRNA
The phase of the cell cycle when DNA goes through DNA replication.
S phase of interphase
Adenine pairs with ___________
Guanine pairs with ____________
Thymine
Cytosine
sugar and phosphate group
The enzyme that "unzips" DNA
helicase
Nucleotides that are not involved in the coding of proteins
The site of protein synthesis occurs at this important functional organelle ___________
Ribosomes
Frederick Griffith: Harmless strain of bacteria had changed into a disease causing bacteria
Idea of transformation
The 4 nitrogenous bases of a DNA molecule include
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine
Organized units of DNA that contain genes that code for traits and proteins; the form DNA takes when cell is dividing
Chromosomes
The 4 nitrogenous bases of an RNA molecule include....
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil
DNA nucleotides that do code for the production of proteins
Exons
Type of RNA that carries the message from the nucleus to the ribosome
mRNA
DNA makes _____
RNA makes _____
_____ do all the work
RNA
Proteins
Proteins
When DNA makes a duplicate, is known as....Replication, Transcription, or Translation
Replication
3 nitrogen bases that are read during translation
codon
The type of RNA where protein synthesis takes place...
What is rRNA?
A group of 3 three bases on mRNA that determine a specific amino acid is called a ________
Codon
The process in which DNA is used to make an mRNA strand.
Transcription
Two scientists credited with figuring out the shape of DNA
James Watson and Francis Crick
Photo Rosalind Franklin revealed
Photo 51
The enzyme that binds to the promotor site on the DNA strands and adds the complementary bases
polymerase
List 3 differences between a DNA & RNA molecule
DNA is double stranded; RNA is single
DNA has T; RNA has U
DNA: deoxyribose sugar; RNA: ribose sugar
The secondary process of Protein synthesis in which protein are produced.
Translation
The number of amino acids eukaryotes possess
20 amino acids
Phosphorus (DNA) not sulfur (proteins)