DNA Structure
This enzyme unzips the double helix.
What is DNA helicase?
The central dogma: ___________ --> ___________ --> ___________
What is DNA to RNA to Protein?
What is a peptide bond?
The type of mutation throw off the entire amino acid sequence and is the most dangerous.
What is a frameshift mutation?
This strand replicates continuously.
What is the leading strand?
Proteins are assembled here.
What is a ribosome?
A DNA mutation that occurs when one base is substituted on mRNA, but there is no change/effect to the translated amino acid.
What is a silent (point) mutation?
Nucleotides are held together by this type of bond.
What is hydrogen bonds?
Transcription occurs here in the cell.
What is the nucleus?
This type of RNA carries the correct amino acids to the ribosome according to the mRNA sequence.
What is tRNA?
This type of mutation results in a premature STOP codon.
What is nonsense mutation?
Chargaff's Rule.
What is adenine=thymine, and guanine=cytosine?
The complementary base pairing of the DNA sequence 5' ATTCGGCTTA 3'
What is 3' TAAGCCGAAT 5'?
The three side effects from genetic mutations.
What is positive, negative, and unknown?
The lagging strand is made up of _________ fragments, and is joined by the enzyme ___________.
What is Okazaki and DNA ligase?
A DNA strand with the sequence AACGTAACG is transcribed. What is the sequence of the mRNA molecule synthesized?
What is UUGCAUUGC?
During translation, the ____ site within the ribosome hold the growing amino acid chain while the ____ site holds the next amino acid to be added to the chain.
What are the P and A sites?
Induced mutations are caused by ________ agents.
What is mutagenic?