DNA
What is the shape of DNA?
Double Helix
What are all the components of a nucleotide?
Sugar, Phosphate, Base
How many individual strands make up an RNA strand?
1
Where in a cell does transcription take place?
Nucleus
DNA is composed of individual groups called _________.
Nucleotides
What part of the nucleotide is represented by A, T, G, or C?
Base
What are the four bases in RNA?
Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, and Cytosine
_____ is transcribed into _____.
DNA is transcribed into RNA.
Which of the four DNA bases pair with each other?
Adenine with Thymine
Guanine with Cytosine
What parts of a nucleotide make up the "backbone" of DNA strands?
Sugar and Phosphate
Which of the four bases of RNA pair with each other?
Adenine with Uracil
Guanine with Cytosine
RNA is the same length as the _____ it copied.
Gene
What is a gene?
A specific section of DNA that codes for a unique protein.
How many nucleotides are present in a gene that has 21 bases?
21
RNA is a _______ of DNA.
Copy
What is the central dogma of molecular biology?
DNA is transcribed into RNA, and RNA is translated into protein.
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
The sugar of one nucleotide is bonded to the ________ of another nucleotide.
Phosphate
What does RNA stand for?
Ribonucleic Acid
Adenine from DNA is transcribed into _______ on the RNA strand.