DNA
Vocabulary
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Protein Synthesis II
Miscellaneous
100

Structure of DNA

Double helix

100

Tightly packed protein and DNA

Chromatin

100

Carries instructions of DNA to the rest of the cell

mRNA

100

DNA: CAT-GTA-CCG-TAT. What is the RNA strand from the DNA sequence?

GUA-CAU-GGC-AUA

100

Type of RNA that transfers the appropriate amino acid to the ribosomes

tRNA

100

Adenine and Guanines are classified as Purines or Pyrimidines?

Purines

200

Adenine pairs with ___________

Guanine pairs with ____________

Thymine

Cytosine

200

Sugar and phosphate group

Backbone of DNA

200

The enzyme that "unzips" DNA to make a template for mRNA

RNA Polymerase

200

Nucleotides that are not involved in the coding of proteins

Introns
200

The site of protein synthesis occurs at this important functional organelle ___________ 

Ribosomes

200

Human cells contain more than ______ of DNA

1 meter

300

The 4 nitrogenous bases of a DNA molecule include

Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine

300

Organized units of DNA that contain genes that code for traits and proteins; the form DNA takes when cell is dividing

Chromosomes

300

*Daily Double*

The 4 nitrogenous bases of an RNA molecule include....

Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil

300

*Daily Double*

DNA nucleotides that do code for the production of proteins and is known as a frameshift mutation that technically loses one or more nucleotides.

Exons

300

Type of RNA that carries the message from the nucleus to the ribosome

mRNA

300

The amino acid, AUG, is often referred to at this

Start codon

400

*Double Jeopardy*

When DNA makes a duplicate, is known as....Replication, Transcription, or Translation 

Replication

400

The nucleic acid that serves as a blueprint of life, and contains the instructions for making an organism

DNA

400

The type of RNA where protein synthesis takes place...

What is rRNA?

400

A group of 3 three bases on mRNA that determine a specific amino acid is called a ________

Codon

400

Transcription and Translation will stop when it encounters a...

Stop codon

400

The reason DNA goes through DNA replication.


To ensure all new cells have a complete copy of DNA

500

The bond that connects nitrogenous bases in DNA in the rungs of the ladder

What are hydrogen bonds?

500

The enzyme that binds to the promotor site on the DNA strands and adds the complimentary bases to form the mRNA strand

RNA polymerase

500

The bond that holds the amino acids together to form a protein (polypeptide chain)

Polypeptide Bond

500

The purpose of protein synthesis is to simply create a chain of what?

Amino acids

500

The RNA codon of GAU would transfer this amino acid...

Use your codon chart or codon wheel 

Asparatic Acid

500
The Hersey-Chase experiment found DNA was the genetic material in cells. They found this out because the radioactive isotope was in the...

Phosphorus (DNA) not sulfur (proteins)

600

Photo Rosalind Franklin revealed

Photo 51

600

3 nitrogen bases that are complimentary to the mRNA codons during translation

Anticodon

600

An RNA strand is AUG-CUA-CCG. What is the complimentary strand?

UAC-GAU-GGC

600

The secondary process of Protein synthesis in which protein are produced.

Translation

600

The RNA codon, UCC, would drop of which amino acid? 

Use your chart

Serine

600

*Daily Double*

Name two types of proteins that exist INSIDE the body...

Enzymes

Hormones

Insulin

Ribosomes

Muscle Tissue

700

Deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base makes up a...

Nucleotide

700

Rule that states there is the same amount of guanine and cytosine; same amount of adenine and thymine

Chargaff's Rule

700

List 3 differences between a DNA & RNA molecule

DNA is double stranded; RNA is single

DNA has T; RNA has U

DNA: deoxyribose sugar; RNA: ribose sugar

700

The number of amino acids Eukaryotes possess in their DNA

20 amino acids

700

The process of using the DNA genetic code to make a protein is called 

Protein Synthesis

700

DNA makes _____

RNA makes _____

_____ do all the work

RNA

Proteins

Proteins