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DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
Miscellaneous
100
The sugar that is part of DNA
What is deoxyribose?
100
The sugar that is found in RNA
What is Ribose?
100
Translation of RNA to protein happens here
What is a Ribosome?
100
A mutation that does not change the sequence of amino acids and does not cause disease.
What is a silent mutation?
100

These are the building blocks of proteins.

What are amino acids?

200
The 4 nitrogen bases of DNA
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
200
The sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA that would complement the following bases on DNA: A T T C G C A G T
What is U A A G C G U C A
200
DNA is copied into a strand of RNA during this step of protein synthesis.
What is Transcription?
200
The type of mutation that occurs when one base is replaced by another.
What is a substitution?
200

Name at least 4 scientists involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA

Who are Franklin, Wilkins, Watson, Crick, Chargaff

300

Two cellular processes that happen in the nucleus involving DNA

What are DNA Replication and Transcription?

300

The type of RNA read by the ribosome in translation

What is messenger RNA

300

This codon ends translation

What is stop codon

300

A mutation that removes a nucleotide.

What is a deletion mutation?

300

These are the primary enzymes involved in DNA replication and transcription

What are helicase, DNA polymerase, and RNA polymerase?

400
The three parts of the DNA nucleotide (building block)
What are deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base?
400
The names of the 4 nitrogen bases of RNA.
What are Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Uracil?
400
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule
What is a codon?
400

The type of mutation that happens when a base is  inserted, causing a change in the reading of codons and amino acids.

What is an addition mutation?

400

A disease that results in a change in the shape of hemoglobin in red blood cells due to a point mutation.

What is sickle cell anemia?

500
The reason why DNA replication happens.
What is to pass on genetic information to other cells during cell division?
500

The 3 differences between the STRUCTURE of RNA and DNA.

What is DNA is double stranded and RNA is single stranded? What is RNA has RIbose and DNA has Deoxyribose? What is RNA has the base Uracil and DNA has the base Thymine?

500

This is the 3 letter codon to start translation

What is AUG?

500

The original strand of DNA is ACT TTG CGA The mutated strand of DNA is ACT TTC GA This is a _______________ mutation that causes a _________ of amino acids.

What is a deletion? What is a frameshift?

500

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What is May 17th