DNA
RNA

Vocabulary
DNA Structure
Potpourri
100

The process in which DNA makes an exact copy of itself

DNA replication

100

THe four nitrogenous bases that are found in RNA

adeninine, guanine, uracil, and cytosine

100

enzyme that forms phosphodiester bonds between okazaki fragments

ligase

100

the bonds that hold complementary base pairs together

hydrogen bonds

100

This scientists took the first photograph of DNA

Rosalind Franklin

200

The enzyme that unwinds DNA 

Helicase

200

The part of the cell in which transcription and translation take place.

the nucleus, then the ribosome

200

the enzyme that lays down primers as starting points for DNA replication

primase

200

this part of DNA forms the "teeth" of the "zipper"

What are nitrogenous bases

200

frameshift and point are types of this

base mutations

300

THe part of the cell in which DNA replication takes place

Nucleus

300

The process that occurs at the ribosome in which an mRNA is used as a template on which to make a polypeptide

translation

300

leading strand

3' - 5' DNA strand

300

the three parts of a nucleotide

deoxyribose, phosphate, and a nitrogenous base

300

These scientists created the double helix model of DNA that we know today

Watson and Crick

400

The enzyme responsible for laying down complementary base pairs in DNA replication

DNA polymerase (III)

400

the process of making an mRNA copy of a DNA molecule

transcription

400

Lagging strand

what is a DNA strand that runs 5' - 3'

400

These parts of a nucleotide form the backbone of DNA

phosphate and deoxyribose sugars

400

translocation, deletion, and inversion are all types of this?

chromosomal mutations

500

THey type of bond that connects adjacent nucleotides

Phosphodiester bond

500

What are the three types of RNA and what does each do?

tRNA, mRNA, rRNA
500

mutation

What is a change in DNA structure

500

This is the overall shape of DNA

double helix

500

The main two differences between DNA and RNA

ribose vs. deoxyribose and uracil vs. thymine