Famous Scientists
Double the DNA
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Best of Biotech
Virus or Bacteria
100
I started monk-(keying) around with peas as became known as the Father of Classical Genetics - literally!
Who is Gregor Mendel
100
I make a copy of DNA from a DNA template during DNA replication - yes I'm an enzyme - right Polly!
What is DNA polymerase
100
I'm a base in RNA not DNA
What is uracil
100
We cut DNA at restriction sites
What are restriction enzymes
100
I infect bacteria and can transduce DNA
What is a bacteriophage
200
One day this white eyed fly flew in my lab window, I worked with a lot of Drosophila and discovered the concept of sex-linked genes
Who is Thomas Hunt Morgan
200
We are the four bases in DNA - makes reading a sequence easy - single letters please.
What are A, C, T & G
200
The process of making RNA from DNA
What is transcription
200
I'm the procedure to separate DNA fragments by the application of current through a gel
What is agarose gel electrophoresis
200
I'm a structure can can pass DNA plasmids from one bacteria to another
What is a PILUS
300
We determined the stucture of the DNA double-helix
Who are Watson and Crick
300
I am the site where DNA replication begins - know my origin
What is an origin of replication
300
The process of making proteins from mRNA
What is translation
300
Just three letters says I can make a lot of DNA copies quickly with primers and a thermostable polymerase - boy that song was good!
What is PCR
300
I cause AIDS
What is HIV-1
400
My X-ray diffraction pattern of DNA helped Francis & James.
Who is Rosalind Franklin
400
the little RNA-DNA fragments in lagging strand synthesis have my name
What are Okasaki fragments
400
I'm at the 5' end of mRNA and sometimes on your head
What is a CAP
400
Talking about a chip on your shoulder - my chip can detect the expression level of thousands and thousands of genes simultaneously - right Affimatrix!
What is a DNA microarray chip
400
i'm the internal structure of a visus that en"capsid"ates the viral genome
What is a CAPSID
500
Jumping genes in variegated corn kernals, no body believed me at first
Who is Barbara McClintock
500
I'm not something you can eat with when DNA replicates
What is a replication FORK!
500
I'm at the 3' end of messenger RNA - or part of the name for a parrot -egh!!!
What is POLY A
500
Hey, I'm a small circular DNA in bacteria carrying antibiotic resistance genes but scientists use me to insert and clone foreign DNA fragments
What is a plasmid
500
I'm a "pink" bacteria
What is a Gram negative bacterial cell
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