Transcription
Translation
Replication
DNA & RNA
Potpourri
100

This is the enzyme that performs transcription

What is RNA polymerase?

100

This is what is produced during translation

What is a protein?

100
This is the enzyme that unzips the DNA

What is DNA helicase?

100

This is the name of the A nucleotide in DNA

What is Adenine?
100

This is the capital of Illinois

What is Chicago?

200

This is where transcription takes place in eukaryotes

What is the nucleus?

200

This is where translation takes place?

What is the ribosome?

200

This is the enzyme that copies DNA

What is DNA polymerase?

200

This is the name of the T nucleotide in DNA

What is thymine?

200

This is the name of the technology that allows us to edit specific parts of a chromosome or gene

What is CRISPR?

300

This is the strand of DNA that is being copied during transcription

What is the coding strand?

300

This is what the amino acids are attached to before they are attached to the polypeptide chain

What is tRNA?

300
This is the enzyme that puts the lagging strand fragments back together

What is ligase?

300

These are the differences between DNA and RNA

Uracil vs Thymine

Single vs Double stand

300

This is the author of books such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Jane Eyre. Although not Little Women even though it really seems like she should have.

Who is Jane Austen?

400

This is the strand of DNA that the RNA is being built on

What is the template strand?

400

This is the name three nucleotide sequence that corresponds to an amino acid

What is a codon?

400

This is the name of the enzyme that prevents DNA from winding too tightly

What is topoisomerase?

400

This is the name of the U nucleotide in RNA

What is Uracil?

400

This is the name of the first cloned sheep

What is Dolly?

500

This is what is spliced out of the RNA/pre-mRNA before it becomes mRNA

What are introns and exons?

500

This is what is read by the ribosome to determine the order of the amino acids

What is the mRNA?

500

This is the name of the fragments of the lagging strand

What are Okazaki Fragments?

500

This is the part of DNA that is not the nitrogenous base

What is the sugar-phosphate backbone?

500

This guitarist for Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine also attended my high school

Who is Tom Morello?

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