Model Organisms
Species scientists use and test to better understand the body or diseases
What is a model organism?
Monosaccharide
Hydrophobic meaning
What is water fearing?
What is the monomer of DNA?
What is a nucleotide.
amino acid
what is the monomer of a protein?
time it takes for an organism to reproduce
What is generation time?
What is an example of a functional group?
Hydroxyl, Carbonyl, Aldehyde, Keytone
What is a monomer for a lipid?
What is a fatty acid?
What is dehydration synthesis.
peptide bonds
what are amino acids held together by?
Introducing DNA, RNA, or proteins into specific cells and regions of the embryo
What is a microinjection?
Organic molecules must contain ________ and ______.
Carbon and Hydrogen
What is the functional group for a lipid?
What is a carboxyl?
What is found on the 5' Carbon?
What is the Phosphate Group.
protein that catalyzes a chemical reaction
what is a enzyme?
mutations/defects on many genes
What is genetic heterogeneity?
What is the bond between 2 monosaccharides in dehydration synthesis?
Glycosidic bond/linkage
Name 5 types of lipids.
What is fats/oils, phospholipids, glycolipids, steroids, and lipoproteins?
Nucleotides are bonded together through __________.
what are phosphodiesterase bonds.
where the substrate binds to the enzyme
what is an activation site?
they do not respond to noise and they have no Preyer's reflex
why are mice easy to identify as deaf?
Starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin and peptidoglycan are examples of _______
Complex Carbohydrates
What are the four functions of lipids?
What is energy storage, cell membrane, signaling, and protection/insulation/padding?
Complementary base pairing: In a given nucleotide sample, the percentage of Adenine is 20%. What are the percentages of the other bases?
What is 30% Guanine, 20% Thymine, 30% Cytosine.
blocks substrate from binding
what is a competitive inhibitor?