DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
Miscellaneous
100

Name the two purines

Adenine and Guanine

100

Three differences between RNA and DNA

Ribose and Uracil and single stranded and shorter

100

The translation of mRNA to protein happens here (not location in the cell)

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

What was the color of the 1/4 zip that Mr. Savitz was wearing yesterday.

Brown

200

A new piece of DNA is made up of part old and its complement which is known as

semi-conservation replication

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

Segment of DNA coding for a protein

What is a gene?

200

A change within a “single base pair”                     within a gene

What is a point mutation?

200

Scientist who discovered how the lagging strand replicates

Okasaki

300

Two things that happen in the nucleus involving DNA

What are DNA Replication and Transcription?

300

The full names for the three different types of RNA

What are messenger RNA, transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA?

300

This many nucleotides would be on 7 codons

What is 21?

300

When a single base is changed and it results in a different amino acid being inserted into the protein

What is an missense mutation?

300

These special types of proteins help to unzip DNA and match up complementary nucleotide bases during DNA replication and protein synthesis and repair damages.

What are enzymes?

400

In what direction is the leading strand built?

5' to 3'

400

This makes all three types of RNA

DNA

400

The site that forms peptide bond between amino acids?

What is the P-site?

400

Any chemical substance which leads to a mutation

Mutagen

400

Next step after helicase breaks hydrogen bonds as it unzips the DNA

Binding proteins are added

500

Piece of RNA which tells DNA Polymerase to start here

RNA Primer

500

Name three edits that are done to mRNA before leaving the nucleus

Poly A Tail

mG  Cap

Introns spliced out

500

Anticodon for CAG on mRNA

What is GUC on tRNA?

500

The original strand of DNA is ACT TTG CGA The mutated strand of DNA is ACT TTC GA.

What is a frameshift mutation?

500
Amino acid that comes from the codon AUG

What is Methionine?