DNA
What is the genetic material which serves as a blueprint for all your traits?
DNA
What sugar is found in RNA?
ribose
What is the process where DNA makes an exact copy of itself?
DNA Replication
What nitrogen base is present in RNA, but not in DNA?
Uracil
In which part of the cell does translation take place?
cytoplasm
Name the four(4) nitrogen bases found in DNA
Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine
Name the four(4) nitrogen bases found in RNA
Adenine
Uracil
Cytosine
Guanine
What enzyme unzips DNA strands?
Helicase
What is the process of taking information from the DNA(genes) and transferring it to mRNA?
Transcription
What structure on a tRNA is complementary to a codon on mRNA?
anticodon
Who discovered that Adenine and Thymine, and Guanine and Cytosine occur in equal quantities in DNA?
Chargaff
What nitrogen bases found in RNA that pairs with Adenine?
Uracil
What enzyme proofreads the nitrogen bases added to DNA to make sure that there are no errors before replication continues?
DNA polymerase
In which part of the cell does transcription occur?
Nucleus
What is the three “letter” sequence on mRNA that codes for an amino acid?
codon
What composes a nucleotide in a DNA molecule?
Sugar Deoxyribose
Phosphate
Nitrogenous base
What are the three types of RNA?
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
What is the complementary DNA strand to the following sequence 3'A G C G T T A C 5'
5'T C G C A A T G 3'
What is the complementary mRNA strand for the followingDNA sequences? 5' ACCGTAAT 3'?
3'UGGCAUUA5'
What describes how a sequence of nucleotides specifies the amino acid sequence of a protein?
Genetic code
What type of bond holds together the complementary base pairs found in the strands DNA?
Hydrogen bonds
What delivers the genetic code to ribosomes during the protein synthesis?
mRNA
What enzyme connects the new bases to the old bases in the DNA template?
DNA Ligase
What enzyme is involved in the process of making a strand of mRNA from DNA during transcription?
RNA polymerase
What is a change in the genetic code?
mutation