DNA/RNA
DNA is located in the ______ of a eukaryotic cell
nucleus
Enzyme that unzips DNA
helicase
Created during transcription
mRNA
Function of rRNA
makes up the ribosomes
What is the central dogma
DNA -> RNA -> Proteins
nucleotide
Enzyme that builds the new DNA strand
DNA polymerase
Enzyme that performs transcription
RNA polymerase
Produced during translation
Proteins (polypeptides, amino acid chains)
There is 24% Adenine in DNA, how much Guanine is there?
26%
Function of DNA
Term that describes how DNA is replicated
Semi-conservative
Location of transcription in eukaryotes
nucleus
Function of tRNA
Carries amino acids to the ribosomes
Who took x-ray pictures of DNA to determine the structure of DNA?
Rosalind Franklin
Polymer of nucleic acid
polynucleotide
This strand is replicated faster
Find the complementary mRNA strand:
AATTGACCA
UUAACUGGU
The start codon and the 3 stop codons
stop: UGA, UAA, UAG
tRNA
3 structural differences between DNA and RNA
Single v. double strand, uracil v. thymine, ribose v. deoxyribose
Find the complementary DNA strand:
AATGCGAT
TTACGCTA
3 stages of transcription
A protein has 10 amino acids in it, how many mRNA bases are required to make that protein?
30 bases (10 codons, 3 bases in each codon)
What did Meischer do?
He was the first to isolate DNA