The Genetic Material
Stores material related to the structure and function of cells and organisms.
What is DNA?
Scientist(s) that discovered there was a material passed between organisms containing information on characteristics.
Who is (Frederick) Griffith?
the general shape of DNA
What is a double helix?
The name for the one old and one new strand duplication of DNA
What is semiconservative replication?
The name for three contiguous bases of DNA.
What is a codon?
Molecule that is theorized to be the first genetic material.
What is RNA?
Scientist who found for a species A=T and G=C in relative amounts.
Who is (Erwin) Chargaff?
Forms the non variable rails of the DNA ladder
What is (deoxyribose) sugar and phosphate?
The molecule (enzyme) that complements the template strand of DNA.
What is DNA polymerase?
The name for the rules of changing DNA or RNA to proteins.
What is the genetic code?
The central dogma of genetics (or Biology)
What is DNA to RNA to Protein?
Scientist who used x-ray crystallography to visualize DNA structure.
Who is a (Rosalind) Franklin or (Maurice ) Wilkins?
Forms the variable rungs or steps of the DNA.
What are (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine) nitrogenous bases?
The molecule (enzyme) that unzips the DNA molecule prior to replication.
What is DNA Helicase?
The molecule (enzyme) that transcribes RNA from DNA.
What is RNA polymerase?
Molecule along with protein that forms the ribosome.
What is (Ribosomal RNA) rRNA?
Scientist (s) who showed DNA as the hereditary material by using a bacteriophage to insert the DNA.
Who is (Alfred)Hershey and (Martha)Chase?
The weak bonds that hold the bases together
What are hydrogen bonds?
The fragments that are formed during DNA replication due to the antiparallel orientation.
What are Okazaki fragments?
The molecule that carries the plan for a protein out of the nucleus.
What is (messenger RNA) mRNA?
The three molecules from which DNA is made.
What deoxyribose, phosphate and a nitrogenous base (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, or Thymine)?
Scientist(s) who modeled the structure of DNA after acquiring other groups lab data.
Who are (James) Watson and (Francis) Crick?
The complementary strand for AGGCCT.
What is TCCGGA?
The molecule (enzyme) that ties together the fragments during DNA replication.
What is DNA Ligase?
The molecule that transports the correct amino acid to the ribosome and the mRNA
What is (Transfer RNA) tRNA?