Scientists
Used mice and pneumonia bacteria to identify a "transforming factor"
Who is Fredrick Griffith?
This nucleic acid is composed of long chains of nucleotides.
DNA
This nucleic acid has what sugar in its backbone?
What is ribose?
Where in the cell does RNA get transcripted?
What is the nucleus?
These types of cells have a single, circular strand of DNA
What is prokaryotes? or What is bacteria ?
Took x-rays of DNA that helped determine shape of DNA
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
The shape of DNA
What is double helix?
This type of bond holds the nitrogenous bases together in nucleic acids?
What is a hydrogen bond?
What enzyme adds the RNA bases to the DNA during transcription?
What is RNA polymerase?
During which phase of cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
What is S phase?
Used bacteriophage to confirm that DNA was responsible for gene carrying.
Who is Hershey and Chase?
Who grew pnemonia in flasks and repeated Griffiths experiment?
Who is Oswald Avery?
The binding site for RNA polymerase, that tells it where to attach.
What is a promoter?
Transfers amino acid to ribosomes to help build proteins.
What is tRNA?
Refers to one new strand and one old strand of DNA.
What is semiconservative?
Credited with determining the shape of DNA.
Who are Watson and Crick?
Guanine pairs with cytosine and adenine pairs with
What is thymine?
Instead of thyamine, RNA has which base?
What is uracil?
The dogma of Biology
DNA to RNA to Protein
What will be paired with ATGG during replication?
What is TACC?
Who discovered that A = T and G = C in a sample of DNA?
Who is Chargaff?
What enzyme unzips DNA for replication?
What is helicase?
The code on mRNA is read by the ribosome (rRNA) to create?
What are proteins?
The building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids?
Where does DNA replication occur?
What is the nucleus?