1) DNA has 2 strands and RNA has 1
2) the sugars in DNA is deoxyribose and RNA is ribose
3) thymine is in DNA and uracil is in RNA
4) DNA is found in the nucleus and RNA is found in the cytoplasm
What is the difference between RNA and DNA?
100
Adds free floating nucleotides with complementary bases to create an identical copy of DNA
What is DNA polymerase?
100
The making of RNA from DNA
What is Transcription
100
Where does translation begin
What is the nucleus
100
Who took a picture that showed the shape of DNA
What is Rosalind Franklin
200
The building blocks of DNA and RNA containing three parts (phosphate, sugar, nitrogenous base)
What is a nucleotide
200
The y shape created when the DNA is unzips.
What is replication fork
200
The enzyme that adds complementary RNA nucleotides to the DNA to copy and form a new RNA strand
What is RNA polymerase
200
The start codon that begins translation
What is AUG methionine
200
What did James Watson and Francis Crick do?
What is first model of DNA
300
DNA holds the hereditary information (genes), constructs proteins, copies itself and makes RNA
What is the function of DNA
300
Closes the gaps made in the new DNA strand
What is DNA ligase
300
What is the base that replaces thymine in RNA
What is uracil
300
When does translation stop
What is until it reaches a stop codon (UAA, UAG, UGA)
300
What radioactive isotopes were used to tag DNA and Proteins in the virus?
What is phosphorus and sulfer
400
It makes proteins and carries the message of DNA
What is RNA function?
400
Type of replication where half of the new strand was used from the original strand.
What is semiconservation replication
400
Where can the RNA go through that DNA cannot
What is Nuclear pores
400
What nucleic acid carries amino acids to the ribosome
What is tRNA
400
what nucleic acid was proven to be the hereditary material?
What is DNA
500
Enzyme that unzips DNA
What is DNA helicase
500
When the DNA strand is replicated before the cell is about to divide
What is prokaryotic replication
500
What is the name if the 3 letter message that the RNA carries from the DNA
What is codon
500
How many ribosomes can translate at once?
What is many ribosomes
500
What scientist proved that DNA caused the transformation in Griffiths experiment?