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RNA
Ribosomes and protein synthesis
Mutations
Gene regulation and expression
Other
100
What are the main differences between RNA and DNA?
What is RNA is single stranded and DNA is double stranded.
100
what are the four nitrogenous bases that make up the genetic code
What is adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.
100
A ______ is a heritable change in genetic information.
What is mutation.
100
a group of genes that are regulated together.
What is an operon
100
some mutations rise from _____
What is a mutagen?
200
what type of RNA carries copies of instructions?
What is messenger RNA.
200
every three letters in the mRNA
What is a condon?
200
A point mutation changes only one letter. An example of a point mutation is...
What is substitution.
200
A group of genes that regulate together.
What is an operon
200
A gene change in one or a few nucleotides
What is a point mutation?
300
What is it called when the segments of DNA serve as templates to produce complementary RNA molecules.
What is transcription.
300
the sequences of codons that assemble into amino acids creating a polypeptide chain
What is Translation?
300
Insertions and deletions are types of what mutation?
What is a frameshift mutation.
300
DNA binding to the sequences in the regulatory regions, transcription factors control the expression of these gene.
What is the process of Eukaryotic genes regulating?
300
Blocking gene expression by means of miRNA is known as _____
What is RNA interference?
400
The portions of RNA that are cut out of the molecule are called... And the remaining pieces are called...
What are introns and exons.
400
tRNA's three unpaired bases
What is anticodon?
400
Environmental pollutions and radiation such as x-rays or ultra violet light are some examples of.
What is mutagens.
400
one side of an operon's that are two regulatory regions.
What is promoters and operator?
400
the process where cells become specialized.
What is differentiation?
500
Transcription requires an enzyme called _______ that binds to DNA and separates the DNA strands.
What is RNA polymerase.
500
A gene produces a product and carries out its function.
What is gene expression?
500
How can a mutations effect be beneficial?
What is adapting to the organisms environment
500
Transcription factrs that activate other genes.
What is homeobox gene?
500
a set of master control genes that regulate organs that develop in specific parts of the body.
What is a hemeotic gene?