DNA Structure
This is the site of DNA replication.
A. Cytoplasm B. Nucleus
What is nucleus?
Where does transcription occur?
A. Nucleus B. Cytoplasm
What is the nucleus?
The site of translation in the cell.
A. Nucleus B. Cytoplasm
What is cytoplasm (more specifically ribosome)?
If a strand of DNA is TACG, this is the complementary strand.
What is ATGC?
This is the name of the shape of DNA.
A. Double twists B. Double Helix
What is double helix?
DNA Replication produces.
A. Two identical DNA strands for cell division
B. A complementary RNA strand for protein synthesis
What is to produce 2 identical strands of DNA?
The molecule produced in transcription of DNA for protein synthesis.
A. mRNA B. tRNA
What is mRNA?
The product of translation (what translation makes)
A. DNA molecule B. Protein (amino acids)
What is a protein?
The last codon formed by translation is a ____ codon.
A. Start B. Stop
What is stop?
These two things make up the "backbone" of DNA.
A. Deoxyribose sugar and Phosphate
B. Ribose sugar and Phosphate
What is phosphate and sugar (deoxyribose)?
The enzyme that unzips the strand of DNA.
A. Helicase B. DNA polymerase
What is helicase?
The meaning of the "m" in mRNA.
A. Mega B. Messenger C. Milkyway
What is messenger?
The molecule that brings amino acids to the ribosome by matching up complementary codons.
What is tRNA?
The amino acid produced by the codon CAG.
What is glutamine?
This is the name of the building blocks of DNA (it contains three molecules).
What is nucleotide?
During DNA replication, the complementary DNA strand for ACGTCC would be:
What is TGCAGG?
If the DNA sequence is GCAATC, this is the mRNA sequence.
What is CGUUAG?
The name for the sets of 3 nucleotides on mRNA.
A. DNA B. RNA C. Codon
What is codon?
The amino acid that always starts and is made from the codon AUG.
What is methaianine?
The 3 parts of a nucleotide.
What is phosphate, sugar, base.
The enzyme that adds nucleotides to DNA.
What is DNA polymerase?
The name of the enzyme that adds nucleotides to the growing mRNA
What is RNA polymerase?
The name for a sequence of amino acids produced by translation.
What is a polypeptide chain?
The codon GAU matches up with this amino acid.
What is Aspartate?