History of DNA
He used heat to kill bacterial cells.
Who is Frederick Griffith
The shape of DNA
What is a double helix
DNA Replication
What is the process by which DNA is copied in a cell before a cell divides.
When Dna acts as a template for the synthesis of RNA
What is Transcription
The process of making a protein
What is translation
Concluded that DNA is responsible for transformation in bacteria.
Who is Oswald Avery.
Contains a five-carbon sugar, phosphate, and nitrogenous base
What is nucleotide?
Enzymes that separate the DNA Strands
What are helicases
Enzyme that catalyzes the formation of RNA
What is RNA Polymerase
Chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds
What are polypeptides
Concluded that DNA is the hereditary molecule in viruses
Who is Marth Chase and Alfred Hershey
Keeps the bases attached together
What is a Hydrogen Bond
Y-shaped region that results when two strands separate
What is replication fork
Specific nucleotide sequence of DNA where RNA polymerase binds
What is a promoter
Role of tRNA in translation
What is to carry amino acids and the anticodon to the mRNA strand
Proposed that DA is in the structure of a double helix
Who is James Watson and Francis Crick
Bases that have a double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms
What are Adenine and Guanine
Enzyme that adds complementary nucleotides to the original strands
What is DNA polymerase
Job of RNA Polymerase
What is to add free RNA nucleotides that are complementary to the DNA strand
The process of when a stop codon is reached
What is termination
Did not win the Nobel Peace prize due to death but discovered DNA cyrstals
Who is Rosalind Franklin.
Base pairing rule
What is cytosine is complementary to guanine and adenine is complementary to thymine
When one strand from each double helix is from the original DNA
What is semi-conservative replication
A specific sequence of nucleotides that marks the end of a gene
What is a termination signal
Where translation takes place
What are the ribosomes