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DNA Structure
DNA Replication
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Translation
Misc
100
The components of the backbone of the strands of DNA
What is sugar and phosphate?
100
The enzyme responsible for creating primers for DNA replication
What is primase?
100
The enzyme responsible for synthesizing the complementary mRNA molecule using the DNA strand as a template
What is RNA polymerase?
100
The enzyme that is responsible for creating "charged" tRNA molecules by binding an amino acid to that tRNA
What are amino-acyl tRNA synthetases?
100
An agent, such as chemicals or radiation, that cause mutations in DNA
What are mutagens?
200
The complementary base pair to adenine
What is adenine?
200
The mechanism of DNA replication
What is semi-conservative?
200
The modified guanine that is added to the 5' end of an mRNA molecule to prevent that molecule from degradation
What is the 5" cap?
200
The step of translation elongation where a tRNA binds to the codon of the A site
What is codon recognition?
200
The type of DNA damage caused by exposure to UV radiation
What are thymine dimers?
300
The chemical bond found between nucleotides of the same strand
What is phosphodiester bond?
300
The enzyme responsible for synthesizing the complementary daughter strands during DNA replication
What is DNA Polymerase III?
300
The removal of noncoding segments from the mRNA
What is splicing?
300
The first tRNA which binds to the P site during translation initiation
What is f-met?
300
The location where helicase binds to begin DNA replication
What is the origin of replication?
400
The chemical bond found between the complementary base pairs of the two strands of a DNA molecule
What is the hydrogen bond?
400
The daughter strand that runs 5' to 3' parallel with the direction of replication and is synthesized continuously
What is the leading strand?
400
The location of transcription in prokaryotes
What is the cytoplasm?
400
The molecule that binds once the stop codon enters the A site to signal the end of translation
What is release factor?
400
The DNA replication enzyme which functions to seal together DNA fragments once the primers of the daughter strands have been removed
What is DNA ligase?
500
The orientation of the two strands of the DNA molecule
What is anti-parallel?
500
The enzyme used in DNA replication to prevent supercoiling of the DNA molecules
What is DNA gyrase?
500
The segment of DNA which consists of a promoter and a gene which is flanked by a start site and terminator sequence
What is the transcription unit?
500
The organelle which houses the process of translation
What is the ribosome?
500
The short, repeated sequences found at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes which aid in protection of those chromosomes
What are telomeres?