DNA & RNA Structure
What type of sugar is found in DNA?
What is deoxyribose?
What enzyme synthesizes new DNA strands?
What is DNA polymerase?
What enzyme synthesizes RNA?
What is RNA polymerase?
How many nucleotides make up a codon?
What is three?
Which sequences are removed during RNA processing?
What are introns?
In RNA, what base replaces thymine?
What is uracil?
What is the term for the model of DNA replication where one strand is preserved?
What is semiconservative replication?
What is the flow of genetic information referred to as?
What is the central dogma?
What is the start codon in translation?
What is AUG?
Which sequences remain in the mature mRNA?
What are exons?
What kind of bonds hold base pairs together in a DNA double helix?
What are hydrogen bonds?
In which direction is DNA synthesized?
What is 5' to 3'?
Which RNA type carries the genetic code from the nucleus?
What is mRNA?
Name one of the three stop codons.
What is UAA, UAG, or UGA?
What complex removes introns during splicing?
What is the spliceosome?
Name the right-handed and left-handed forms of DNA.
What are A-DNA, B-DNA, and Z-DNA?
What enzyme synthesizes DNA from an RNA template in retroviruses?
What is reverse transcriptase?
What type of RNA brings amino acids to the ribosome?
What is tRNA?
What term describes the fact that multiple codons code for the same amino acid?
What is degeneracy?
What process allows one gene to produce multiple proteins?
What is alternative splicing?
What structural feature compacts DNA and increases its accessibility?
What is supercoiling?
What is the name of the process where heat separates DNA strands in vitro?
What is melting?
How does RNA polymerase differ from DNA polymerase in initiation?
It does not require a primer.
Is the genetic code species-specific or nearly universal?
What is nearly universal?
What evolutionary mechanism combines exons from different genes?
What is exon shuffling?