Structure of DNA
The nitrogenous base, adenine, pairs with ______ in DNA, but ______ in RNA
What are Thymine and Uracil
The phase of the cell which DNA replicates.
What is S-phase?
This organelle is responsible for building proteins.
What are Ribosomes.
This is the name of a piece of circular bacterial DNA.
The shape of DNA, first published by Watson and Crick, is described as this.
What is a double helix?
This enzyme unwinds the DNA molecule before DNA replication.
Proteins are long chains made up of this type of molecule.
What are Amino Acids?
This type of protein is used to cut DNA at a particular sequence.
DNA is a polymer made up of monomers called ____.
What are nucleotides.
This disease can result when cells divide more frequently than usual.
what is cancer?
These are the two steps of protein synthesis.
What is Transcription and Translation?
This enzyme must bind to the promoter region of DNA in order to begin protein synthesis.
This sugar is part of the backbone of the DNA molecule.
What is deoxyribose?
This enzyme is responsible for adding nucleotides to the strand of DNA that is being copied during DNA replication.
what is DNA Polymerase?
This type of RNA carries amino acids to the ribosome and binds to mRNA based on its anticodons.
What is tRNA?
This is the small fragments on the lagging strand during DNA replication.
Adenine and ____ are both purines, while cytosine and _____ are both pyrimidines.
What are Guanine and Thymine.
The synthesized DNA during DNA replication is made in this direction.
What is 5' to 3'?
Amino acids are linked together by this type of bond.
What are Peptide bonds?
What are introns?