DNA
Transcription
Translation
RNA
Misc.
100
What are the 4 nucleotide bases of DNA?
What is Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine
100
Which DNA strand is the template strand and which is the coding strand?
What is the template strand is the one copied (antisense) and the coding strand is not used as the template (sense)
100
Each amino acid in a protein is specified by a...
What is codon
100
What is the function of tRNA?
What is Carries amino acids and participates in protein synthesis.
100
Who's your favorite teacher?
Who is John?
200
DNA and RNA have the same bases with the exception that RNA has
What is Uracil instead of Thymine
200
What is the term for the RNA transcript used to direct the synthesis of polypeptides?
What is mRNA/ messenger RNA
200
What is the start codon?
What is AUG
200
How many strands does RNA have?
What is 1
200
What causes DNA mutations?
What is chemicals, UV light, and radiation
300
What is the main difference between the structure of a nucleotide in DNA and RNA?
What is Sugar (five carbon sugar ribose in RNA and a five carbon sugar deoxyribose in DNA)
300
Complementary RNA is created from ______? (direction)
What is 5’ ---> 3’ (downstream)
300
Where does translation occur (prokaryotes)?
What is on the ribosome/cytoplasm
300
What is rRNA involved in?
What is translation
300
What kind of mutation occurs with neighboring thymines after UV light exposure?
What is thymine dimer
400
What is DNA?
What is The fundamental and distinctive characteristics of someone or something; deoxyribonucleic acid
400
The site where RNA polymerase attaches to the DNA molecule to start the formation of a RNA is called a...
What is primer/promoter
400
How does translation know to stop?
What is a stop codon?
400
What modifications occur to the RNA?
What is addition of 3' Poly A tail, 5' Cap, and splicing
400
What happens when there's a mutation in a DNA repair enzyme?
What is more mutations
500
What is the orientation of the two stands that come together called
What is anti parallel double helix
500
What is in a transcription unit? (Components)
What is the promoter, start site, and termination site
500
What happens at the end of translation? (2parts)
The mRNA can then be translated again or chewed into pieces by enzymes that degrade mRNA in the cell.
500
In what scenario do we see RNA replication?
What is a virus?
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