Blueprints of Life
The complementary strand to this strand of DNA
5' AGGCTAT 3'
3' TCCGATA 5'
The process in which bacteria can take plasmids from their environment and use them to express traits
Transformation
The location of the codon AUG
mRNA strand
The name given to a virus that only infects bacteria
Bacteriophage
The amino acid chain that results from the following DNA molecule:
AAG TTA GCT
Phe - Asn - Arg
Franklin & Wilkins used X-Ray Crystallography to discover this facet of our knowledge of DNA
DNA structure (double-helix)
The activity of an operon where the operator is bound to a repressor on its promoter sequence
Repressed
The location of DNA Ligase
DNA strand
Lagging strand
The working mechanism behind an antiviral drug like the one used for HIV
Inhibits viral DNA replication or viral assembly
The type of mutation that results in no change to an amino acid
Silent
The cause of antiparallel strands of DNA in which one elongates more uniformly than another.
DNA polymerase can only add bases in a 5' to 3' direction
The effect of a cell adding acetyl groups to its set of chromatin
Forms euchromatin (initiation of transcription)
The location of a repressor in an inducible operon
On the operon
The type of viral outbreak that is specific to smaller area/country
Epidemic
The site of the ribosome that sees a newly formed peptide bond
P Site
The name of the enzyme present in cancer or germ cells that elongates the ends of chromosomes with non-coding DNA
Telomerase
The process in which signal molecules within eukaryotic cells will trigger other cells to change transcription to express different or certain genes
Induction
The location of the attachment of tRNA to mRNA
Ribosome
The name for viral DNA that permanently becomes a part of a host cell's genome.
Provirus
The promoter sequence found within most eukaryotic cells within DNA that allows for transcription to begin
TATA
The type of repair done by nuclease in which a piece of damaged DNA is cut out and replaced
Nucleotide Excision Repair
The two components that allow for simultaneous gene expression within eukaryotes. Explains how multiple genes code for a singular hair color.
Control Elements + Activators
The location of the enzyme reverse transcriptase
Virus Capsid
The type of enzyme that has the ability to locate and remove viral DNA from a bacterium
Restriction Enzyme
The name of the noncoding region of RNA added to the 5' side of the molecule when the RNA is modified at the end of transcription
GTP Cap