DNA structure
DNA replication
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Biotechnology
100
components which form the backbone of DNA
What is sugar and phosphate?
100
Keeps DNA strands apart during replication
What are proteins?
100
the complimentary strand which exits the nucleus via the nuclear pore
What is mRNA?
100
group of 3 nucleotide bases
What is a codon?
100
mutagenic agent that causes cancer
What is carcinogen?
200
structure composed of a nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate
What is a nucleotide?
200
Short fragments of DNA formed on the lagging strand
What is Okazaki fragments?
200
Cell organelle which reads the complementary strand
What is a ribosome?
200
connects amino acids together
What is a peptide bond?
200
Determining the genetic code for a particular gene.
What is gene mapping?
300
The woman who discovered the overall structure of DNA using x-ray crystallography
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
300
Enzyme which unzips DNA double helix
What is helicase?
300
Location where RNA polymerase binds to during initiation
What is the promoter?
300
site on ribosome which is first occupied by tRNA during translation
What is P site?
300
position of a gene on a chromosome
What is gene locus?
400
Process of making two copies of DNA that each contained one of the original strands and one new strand.
What is semiconservative replication?
400
Enzyme which replaces the RNA segments found between Okazaki fragments with DNA
What is DNA polymerase I?
400
process of making a complimentary strand of mRNA
What is elongation?
400
The amino acids that correspond with sequence: ATG
What is tyrosine?
400
Fragment of DNA composed of sequences originating from at least two different DNA sources
What is recombinant DNA?
500
Name of two strands which start the 5' and 3' at opposite ends
What are: antiparallel strands?
500
Cell cycle phase in which replication occurs
What is S (synthesis)?
500
These molecules carry amino acids and match codons with their anticodons
What is tRNA?
500
the DNA sequence for the corresponding tRNA codons: CCU, GAU
What is CCT, GAT?
500
organism which has undergone DNA transformation
What is transgenic?
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