DNA Structure
DNA Replication
RNA
Protein Synthesis
DNA Hsitory
100
What shape does DNA form?
Double Helix
100
What unzips the DNA?
Helicase
100
What are the four nitrogen bases of RNA?
Uracil Adenine Thymine Cytosine
100
What is protein synthesis?
The composition of protein
100
Who is the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
200
What makes up the sides of the double helix?
Phosphate Deoxyribose sugar
200
What keeps the DNA apart?
Binding proteins
200
What is RNA short for?
ribonucleic acid
200
What two RNAs are used in Protein Synthesis
mRNA tRNA
200
Who created the first crude representation of DNA?
Friedrich Miescher
300
What is the metaphor used to describe DNA structure shape?
a twisted ladder
300
What creates the new DNA strand on the top?
DNA polymerase
300
What nitrogen base does RNA not have?
Thymine
300
What gets rid of the introns?
Spliceosome
300
What is the Central Dogma of biology?
Protein Synthesis
400
What are the 'rungs' made of?
Nitrogen bases
400
What does RNA primer and DNA polymerase create?
Okazaki Fragment
400
What is mRNA and tRNA used for?
Protein Synthesis
400
What codon starts the RNA chain?
AUG
400
Who discovered the double helix? (possible half credit)
Francis Crick and James Watson
500
What are the four nitrogen bases?
Adenine Thymine Guanine Cytosine
500
What combines the Okazaki Fragments?
DNA Ligase
500
What are the three types of RNA?
mRNA tRNA rRNA
500
What are polypeptides?
Polypeptides are chains of amino acids.
500
What are Chargaff's ratios?
Adenine = Thymine Cytosine = Guanine
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