Mixed Bag 1
DNA/RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
Mixed Bag 2
100

These are the two overarching categories of mutation (not just any two types)

What are gene mutation and chromosomal mutation?

100

The four nitrogenous bases of DNA

What are cytosine, thymine, adenine, and guanine

100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome?
100

A chromosomal mutation in which the order of parts of the chromosome are reversed.

What is an inversion mutation?

100
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
200

Occurs when microRNA prevents a gene from being expressed

What is RNA interference?

200
The sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA that would complement the following bases on DNA: A T T C G C A G T
What is U A A G C G U C A
200
DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis.
What is Transcription?
200
The type of mutation that occurs when one base is replaced by another.
What is a substitution?
200
The bonds that link amino acids together.
What are peptide bonds?
300

A group of genes that are regulated together in a prokaryote

What is an operon?

300

The full names for three different types of RNA

What are messenger RNA, transfer RNA, ribosomal RNA, and micro RNA?

300
Anticodons and amino acids are found on this molecule.
What is transfer RNA?
300

A mutation that occurs when part of one chromosome breaks off and attaches to another.

What is chromosomal translocation?

300

This enzyme creates new RNA strands by linking nucleotides together.

What is RNA polymerase?

400

The process in which an mRNA strand is used to make a polypeptide chain

What is translation?

400
The names of the 4 nitrogen bases of RNA.
What are Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Uracil?
400
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule
What is a codon?
400
The type of mutation that happens when a base is either deleted or inserted, causing a change in the reading of codons and amino acids.
What is a frameshift?
400

These molecules are critical for regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes

What are transcription factors?

500

The number of codons there are in the genetic code

What is 64

500
Two differences between the STRUCTURE of RNA and DNA.
What is DNA is double stranded and RNA is single stranded? What is RNA has Ribose and DNA has Deoxyribose? What is RNA has the base Uracil and DNA has the base Thymine?
500
This is the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC?
500

The original strand of DNA is ACT TTG CGA The mutated strand of DNA is ACT TTC GA This is a _______________ mutation that causes a _________.

What is a deletion? What is a frameshift?

500
The name for long chains of amino acids that form during protein synthesis.
What are polypeptides?
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