DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Gene Regulation & Expression
Misc.
100

The three parts of the DNA nucleotide (building block; monomer)

What are deoxyribose sugar; phosphate group and nitrogenous base

100

The sugar that is found in RNA

What is ribose

100

The location where RNA is translated to protein

what is a ribosome

100

A group of genes that are regulated together 

What is an operon

100

Protein that binds to the DNA at the promoter or enhancer region that influences transcription of a gene

What is a transcription factor

200

The 4 nitrogenous bases of DNA

What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine & Cytosine

200

The sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA that would complement the following bases on DNA: 

ATTCGCAGT

What is UAAGCGUCA

200

DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis

What is transcription? 

200

What is necessary for E. Coli Lac genes to be turned on (hint: lac operon)

Lactose must be present and glucose must be absent

200

The site of RNA polymerase binding to DNA for transcription of mRNA

What is promoter 

300

Two things that happen in the nucleus involving DNA

What are DNA replication & transcription

300

Three main types of RNA

What are messenger RNA (mRNA); transfer RNA (tRNA) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

300

Components of transfer RNA

What are anticodons and amino acids

300

Heritable changes that do not involve changes in the DNA sequence

What is epigenetics

300

Protein that DNA wraps around 

What is a histone

400

This enzyme adds nucleotides to synthesize a complimentary strand of DNA

What is DNA polymerase

400

Three differences between the structure of RNA and DNA

What are 1) DNA is double stranded while RNA is single stranded 2) DNA has deoxyribose whereas RNA has ribose and 3) DNA has thymine while RNA has Uracil

400

Group of three bases on a mRNA molecule that specify a particular amino acid to be incorporated onto a protein

What is a codon? 

400

Protein that binds to the operator of prokaryotic genes to prevent transcripton

Repressor

400

Location(s) of ribosomes in eukaryotic cells 

Endoplasmic reticulum and cytoplasm 

500

The ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that are associated with aging. 

What are telomeres?

500
Genes specify sequence of mRNA which in turn specify the sequence of proteins

What is central dogma

500

Bond between the two amino acids 

What is peptide bond? 

500

This cause DNA to wrap tightly around histone while this causes DNA to be packed more loosely allowing RNA polymerase to transcribe DNA

What are methylation and acetylation 

500

Since DNA cannot be synthesized continuously on both template strands, these structures form on the lagging strands and are joining by DNA ligase

What are Okazaki fragments?