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Double Helixciting
Making Copies
Taking Notes!
Do you speak amino?
On the shoulders of giants
100
DNA and RNA belong to this category of organic molecules
What is nucleic acid
100
This is the term that refers to how each new strand of DNA contains one new strand and one strand from the parent DNA molecule
What is semiconservative
100
This is the process of creating RNA from DNA
What is transcription
100
This is the stage of protein synthesis where proteins are created from RNA molecules
What is translation
100
These two scientists are won the Nobel Prize for their work on determining the shape of DNA.
Who are Watson and Crick
200
These are the monomers (single units) that make up DNA and RNA
What are nucleotides
200
This is the enzyme that is used to construct new base pairs along the new strands of DNA molecules
What is DNA Polymerase
200
This is the type of RNA produced by transcription
What is mRNA (messenger RNA)
200
This type of RNA carries with it the amino acid as well as a three-base anti-codon
What is tRNA (transfer RNA)
200
These segments of new DNA on the lagging strand were named after a married couple of Japanese scientists.
What are Okazaki Fragments
300
This is the complementary strand of 5'-A-C-G-T-G-A-T-C-3'
What is 3'-T-G-C-A-C-T-A-G-5'
300
This is the enzyme responsible for setting the primer for where replication begins
What is Primase
300
This nitrogenous base is found in RNA, but not in DNA
What is uracil (U)
300
These changes to the DNA or RNA sequence could result in a significant change to the amino acid sequence that is translated....or they might have no effect at all. It depends on what is changed and how.
What are mutations
300
This scientist worked with X-ray diffraction to take the pictures of DNA that led Watson and Crick to their famous discovery. It is believed that she would have shared their Nobel Prize had she not died of cancer from radiation exposure.
Who is Rosalind Franklin
400
These two substances alternate along the DNA molecule to make the "backbone" of the structure. (Bonus 100 points if you give the proper name of one of the substances)
What are phosphate group and sugar (deoxyribose)
400
This is the enzyme that is responsible for separating the strands of DNA (unzipping your genes)
What is Helicase
400
This enzyme is responsible for producing the strand of RNA
What is RNA Polymerase
400
These sets of three basis could be considered the "words" of the genetic message that is translated into proteins.
What are codons
400
This is the rule that, for all molecules of DNA, there is a 1:1 relationship between the amounts of paired bases. In summary, [C]=[G] and [A]=[T]
What is Chargaff's Rule
500
This term describes the orientation of the two strands of a DNA molecule
What is antiparallel
500
This enzyme is responsible for combining the okazaki fragments on the lagging strand as well as the segments between primers on the leading strand.
What is Ligase
500
This is the overarching term for the transition from DNA to RNA to proteins.
What is the Central Dogma
500
This type of RNA makes up the organelle that scans the RNA sequence to make proteins.
What is rRNA (ribosomal RNA)
500
This scientist made some of the earliest strides in our understanding of DNA as the basis of genetic information thanks to his experiments on lab mice with active (smooth) and inactive (rough) strands of pneumonia bacteria
Who is Frederick Griffith