Definitions
It is the instruction manual telling cells how to function.
DNA
Subunits that make up DNA
What are nucleotides?
Paired bases in DNA
What are Complementary Bases?
Building blocks of protein.
What are Amino Acids?
Subunits that make up DNA.
Nucleotides
3 main structures that make up nucleotides.
What are: Phosphate, Sugar (deoxyribose) and Nitrogen Base (A, T, C and G)?
Four nitrogen bases in DNA.
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine?
Macromolecules (large molecules) composed of chains of amino acids.
What are proteins?
Paired bases in DNA
Complementary bases
It is the instruction manual telling cells how to function.
What is DNA?
Three bases that code for one amino acid - also known as a triplet code.
What is the Genetic Code?
Number of amino acids that we have to form proteins.
What is 20?
Building blocks of protein
Amino Acids
What is the Nucleus?
Makes the code for building proteins.
What is the Sequence of Bases?
Proteins are formed through the folding of these structures.
What are amino acids?
Types of macromolecules that store information
What are Nucleic Acids?
Phase of the cell cycle when DNA is copied.
What is Interphase?
The triple code that pairs with A C G
What is T G C?
Protein formed when amino acids have 3 folds.
What is tertiary?