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DNA structure
RNA structure
Transcription
Translation
Mutations
100
DNA is classified as __________ stranded
What is double?
100
RNA is classified as _________ stranded
What is single
100
What is transcription?
What is the process by which RNA is made from DNA?
100
Define Translation.
What is process by which mRNA is converted into amino acids which produce a polypeptide.
100
What is a mutation?
What is change in the DNA nucleotide sequence?
200
DNA has what four bases?
What are adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine?
200
RNA has what four bases?
What are adenine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil?
200
Where does transcription occur?
What is the nucleus?
200
What bases are involved in translation?
What are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil.
200
What is base substitution mutation.
What is when one base is traded for another.
300
DNA's backbone is made of
What are sugars and phosphates?
300
What base does uracil pair with?
What is adenine?
300
What are ALL the bases involved in transcription?
What are adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil.
300
How many amino acids are there?
What is 20?
300
What is a frame shift mutation?
What is the triplet codons are altered by the addition or deletion of a base.
400
What is the linkage that keeps the two opposite bases together in the DNA molecule
What is a hydrogen bond?
400
After mRNA leaves the nucleus where does it go?
What is the ribosome?
400
What is the enzyme that unwinds the DNA strand?
What is helicase?
400
Define a codon.
What is a triplet of nucleotides that code for one amino acid?
400
What type of mutation will cause a non-sense mutation.
What is frame shift mutation which turns a codon from a functional one to a stop codon.
500
What is the linkage that keeps the components of the backbone together?
What is a phosphodiester bond?
500
What is the difference between mRNA and tRNA?
What is mRNA has been transcribed from DNA and tRNA translates into amino acids?
500
What is the mRNA sequence of TAG GCT AGA
What is AUC CGA UCU?
500
What proteins are produced from this mRNA sequence: AGA UAU UGU?
What are arginine, tyrosine, cysteine?
500
What type of mutation is the most dangerous for cell function?
What is a non-sense mutation because it has the ability to stop the function of the gene.