DNA
A sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base.
What are things that make up a nucleotide?
The process by which DNA makes a copy of itself during cell division.
What is DNA replication?
Uracil
What replaces thymine from DNA in RNA?
Nucleus
Where is where transcription occurs?
Cytoplasm
Where translation occurs?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What is scientific name for DNA?
What is the number of strands that make up a double helix.
What is Two?
Carries information from the DNA to Ribosome sites.
What is mRNA?
This is the copying of DNA into RNA
What is transcription?
This synthesizes a protein from the mRNA.
What is translation?
James Watson and Francis Crick
Who are men that discovered DNA?
This replicates continuously in the 5' to 3' direction.
What is the leading strand?
This helps decode mRNA sequence into a protein during translation.
What is tRNA?
DNA, RNA polymerase and nucleotides.
What are molecules involved in transcription?
This give the message to start coding for Amino acids.
What is a start codon?
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymidine.
What are the four nitrogen bases of DNA?
This replicates discontinuously in short sections.
What is the lagging strand?
This bonds with a protein to make a ribosome.
What is rRNA?
RNA polymerase
What is the enzyme needed for transcription?
This gives the message to stop coding for Amino acids.
What is a stop codon?
Double helix
What is the structure of DNA?
Short strands of DNA created by the lagging strand.
What are Okazaki fragments?
Ribose
What is the sugar found in RNA?
Initiation, elongation, and termination
What are the 3 stages of transcription?
Acts as a template during translation.
What is single stranded mRNA?