The Genetic Code
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
Mutations Cont.
Misc.
100
The order of the bases along a gene determines the order in which...
What is, amino acids are put together to form a protein
100
What does messenger RNA do during protein synthesis
What is, Copies the coded message from the DNA and carries it into the cytoplasm
100
Cancer is a disease in which cells
What is grow and divide uncontrollably
100
Mutation
What is any change in a gene or chromosome
100
A section of DNA has the base sequence TGAG. The corresponding section of a messenger RNA molecule will have the base sequence _______________.
what is ACUC
200
During DNA replication, adenine always pairs with...
What is thymine
200
Where does protein synthesis take place
What is, on the ribosomes in the cytoplasm of the cell
200
Scientists think cancer begins when...
What is a mutation occurs in DNA
200
How can a mutation affecting skin be harmful to an animal?
What is, it can make the animal more visible to its prey or predators.
200
The substitution of one base for another during DNA replication is an example of a _______________
what is mutation
300
What forms a genetic code?
what is, the order of nitrogen bases along a gene
300
During protein synthesis, the protein continues to grow until...
What is, the ribosome reaches a three-base code that signals it to stop.
300
What is chemotherapy
What is the use of drugs to treat a disease
300
A change in DNA is called....
What is mutation
300
The most common treatments for cancer include drugs, surgery, and ___________
What is radiation
400
the genetic code is found in the order of nitrogen__________ along a gene
what is bases
400
_________________RNA adds amino acids to a growing protein
Transfer
400
How many types of cancers are there currently
what is over 100
400
Cancer can spread when cells break off a tumor and are carried through the body by the ...
what is the bloodstream
400
A form of treatment in which drugs destroy cancer cells is called ____________________
What is chemotherapy
500
The 4 nitrogen bases in DNA
What is adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine
500
The 4 nitrogen bases in RNA
What is, adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil
500
A cancer tumor
What is a mass of abnormal cells
500
When a mutation disturbs the cell cycle, the result can be _______, or uncontrolled cell division.
what is cancer
500
______________RNA carries coded messages from the nucleus to the cytoplasm.
What is messenger
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