DNA Basics
What does DNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
What process creates RNA from DNA?
What is Transcription?
What enzyme starts the transcription process?
What is RNA Polymerase?
A change in the DNA sequence is called a what?
What is a mutation?
What does PCR stand for?
What is Polymerase Chain Reaction?
What shape is the DNA molecule?
What is a double helix?
What process creates proteins from RNA?
What is Translation?
What are the non-coding sections of a gene that are removed during splicing?
What are introns?
What disease is caused by a single change in the hemoglobin (red blood cells) gene?
What is Sickle Cell Disease?
What is the purpose of PCR?
What is to make millions of copies of DNA?
Name the four bases in DNA.
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
Where in the cell does transcription occur?
What is the nucleus?
What is the start codon for protein synthesis?
What is AUG?
How can a single base change in DNA affect a protein?
What is by changing the amino acid sequence, which can change the protein’s shape and function?
What does CRISPR do?
What is it edits DNA by cutting and replacing sections?
Who are the three scientists credited with discovering the structure of DNA?
Who are Watson, Crick & Franklin?
What is a codon?
What is a sequence of three RNA bases that codes for one amino acid?
What do tRNA molecules do during translation?
What is bring amino acids to the ribosome?
What are symptoms of sickle cell disease?
What are anemia, pain, swelling, and vision problems?
What is gene therapy?
What is introducing healthy genes into cells to treat diseases?
What is the rule for base pairing in DNA?
What is Adenine pairs with Thymine, and Guanine pairs with Cytosine?
What sugar does RNA have that DNA does not?
What is ribose?
What RNA type forms the core of ribosomes?
What is rRNA (ribosomal RNA)?
What determines the function of a protein?
What is the sequence and shape of its amino acids?
What are GMOs?
What are organisms with genetically modified DNA?