DNA
The sugar that is part of DNA
deoxyribose
The sugar that is found in RNA
Ribose?
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
Ribosome?
Which mutation is more dangerous:
Substitution or Insertion
Insertion
These are the building blocks of proteins.
amino acids?
the 2 scientists that developed the double helix model
Watson and Crick
The sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA that would complement the following bases on DNA:
A T T C G C A G T
U A A G C G U C A
DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis.
Transcription?
The type of mutation that occurs when one base is replaced by another.
a substitution?
The bonds that link amino acids together.
peptide bonds?
Two things that happen in the nucleus involving DNA
DNA Replication and Transcription?
The full names for the three different types of RNA
messenger RNA, transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA?
Anticodons and amino acids are found on this molecule.
transfer RNA?
types of frameshift mutations
deletion
insertion
These special types of proteins help to unzip DNA and match up complementary nucleotide bases during DNA replication and protein synthesis.
enzymes?
The role of DNA helicase
unzips DNA
The names of the 4 nitrogen bases of RNA.
Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Uracil?
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule
a codon
One possible disease that results from a point mutation
sickle cell disease
These nitrogen bases are pyrimidines
thymine
uracil
The reason why DNA replication happens.
to pass on genetic information to other cells during cell division?
Two differences between the STRUCTURE of RNA and DNA.
DNA is double stranded and RNA is single stranded? RNA has Ribose and DNA has Deoxyribose? RNA has the base Uracil and DNA has the base Thymine?
This is the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC?
The original strand of DNA is ACTTTGCGA The mutated strand of DNA is ACTTCCGA This is a _______________ mutation that causes a _________ of amino acids.
a deletion? a frameshift?
The name for long chains of amino acids that form during protein synthesis.
polypeptides?