Lab Users
Food
ALNY Celebrities
Biology
Biology
100
Franklin’s picture of DNA demonstrated that
What is DNA is a helix made of two strands of nucleotides.
100
Watson and Crick
What is The scientist(s) credited with establishing the structure of DNA is/are
100

The CEO and a Director of Alnylam

Who is John Maraganore?

100

Gene

What is A segment of DNA that contains the code for making one specific protein is called a(n)

100
Protiens
What is DNA in the nucleus controls activities in the rest of the cell by coding for the production of
200
The amount of guanine in an organism approximately equals the amount of
What is Cytosine
200

During DNA replication, a complementary strand of DNA is made for each original DNA strand. Thus, if a portion of the original strand is CCTAGCT, then the new strand will be

What is GGATCGA

200

Author on over 160 publications and over 300 abstracts, as well as the inventor on over 150 issued U.S. patents

Who is Mano Manoharan?

200
The purpose of many replication forks (bubbles) in eukaryotes is to
What is speed up replication
200
The process of making proteins using the information contained in a molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA) is called
What is translation
300
During trascription
What is mRNA is produced
300

Awesome food at reasonable prices that pops up in the lobby of 675

What is Fooda?

300

CSO at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Who is Kevin FitzGerald?

300
Nucleotides
What is Molecules of DNA are composed of long chains of
300
Why is the mRNA in the cytoplasm (at the ribosome) smaller than the mRNA in the nucleus
What is Segments of the RNA called introns are removed in the nucleus
400
A gene mutation can be thought of as a
What is change or an error in a nucleotide sequence.
400

The fairy Godmother of OXLUMO™ (lumasiran)

Who is Dave Erbe?

400
How many chromosomes does a human somatic (body) cell contain
What is 46
400
An animal that has foreign DNA in their cells is called
What is transgenic
500
The process of separating DNA molecules by size and shape is called
What is electrophoresis
500
The original strand of DNA is ATGGCA. This strand undergoes a frameshift mutation and appears as follows
What is ATGGCCA
500
Some genetic diseases can be treated with medication and/or lifestyle changes. But the only way to cure genetic diseases is to
What is remove and replace the affected gene
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