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DNA
RNA
Proteins
Misc.
100

Which scientist took the famous picture of DNA using X-ray diffraction

Franklin

100

DNA being unwound, copied & joined back together takes place here in the cell (RNA synthesis)

Nucleus 

100

What process transfers the code from DNA to RNA

Transcription

100

What is the process that reads the code from RNA and translates it to make a protein called

Translation

100

Where in the cell are proteins made?  Double points if you give me both answers!

Cytoplasm & Ribosomes

200

Which two scientists built a model of DNA

Watson & Crick

200

What are the 2 enzymes needed to replicate DNA (hint: they end in 'ase')

DNA helicase - breaks H bonds and unzips DNA

DNA polymerase - adds nucleotides to the new strand

200

Which enzyme regulates RNA synthesis 

RNA polymerase 

200

A protein is a chain of...

amino acids

200

What is the name for double-ringed bases called

Purine bases (A & G)

300

Which scientist showed that A = T and C = G by analyzing the amount of each nucleotide

Chargaff


300

Although DNA replication is tightly regulated and remarkably accurate, errors do occur and result in a permanent change, called a 

Mutation 
300

What are the 3 types of RNA

mRNA, rRNA & tRNA

300

What would be the mRNA & amino acid for the following segment of DNA: GTC

CAG - Glutamine

300

The codon is part of which RNA

mRNA

400

Which scientist worked with bacteria and set the stage for the search to identify the transforming substance

Griffith

400

DNA's structure is composed of what 3 things

Phosphate, Sugar, Base

400

The anticodon is part of which RNA

tRNA

400

What would be the mRNA & amino acid for the following segment of DNA: ATT

UAA - Stop

400

What substances cause mutations

Mutagens

500

Which scientists provided powerful evidence that DNA, not protein, was the genetic material that could be passed from generation to generation by using radioactive labeling 

Hershey & Chase

500

The central dogma of Biology states: ___ codes for ___, which guides the synthesis of ___

DNA, RNA, Proteins

500

What is the name of the coding sequences that remain after RNA splicing called

Exons

500

What would be the mRNA & amino acids for the following segment of DNA: CGACCC

GCU - Alanine

GGG - Glycine

500
The ability of an organism to control which genes are transcribed in response to the environment is called

Gene regulation 

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