DNA
The backbone of DNA is made up of these 2 types of molecules
sugar and phosphate
How many strands does RNA have?
1
What is the organelle in charge of directing protein synthesis?
ribosome
A mutation resulting in a base pair being removed from a sequence
base pair deletion
What is the 1st step of DNA replication
The two strands of DNA unzip
A section of DNA that contains the information to code for one specific protein
Gene
The protein code passes from parent to offspring resulting in which type of traits? Inherited or acquired?
inherited
where is tRNA found in the cell?
cytoplasm
Mutations can have 3 possible effects on you...what are they?
helpful, harmful, neither
a mass of abnormal cancer cells
tumor
How many nitrogen bases code for one amino acid
3
How many amino acids are there?
20
Immediately after mRNA copies the DNA code, what happens?
It leaves the nucleus and goes to the cytoplasm
Name 3 external (not genetic) ways you can get cancer
cigarettes, tanning beds, too much sun, alcohol, etc
proteins are made up of these smaller molecules
amino acids
Adenine matches with these two nitrogen bases
thymine and uracil
messenger
Which molecule is in charge of bringing amino acids to the growing protein chain in the ribosome
tRNA
What is the most significant characteristic of cancer cells?
growing and dividing uncontrollably
cancer treatment before the cancer cells have spread
surgery
because there are white blood cells that contain DNA
the "t" in tRNA stands for what
transfer
What is the name for the 3-base code that codes for an amino acid?
(Not in your book)
codon
the use of drugs to treat cancer is called what
chemotherapy
why does chemotherapy cause side effects such as nausea?
it affects the normal cells as well as cancerous cells