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Discoveries and Discoverers
GCAT
Paying Complements
X-Men
RNA...Straight Outta Nucleus
100
Who proposed the double helix shape of DNA?
Watson and Crick
100
Guanine pairs with what base?
Cytosine
100
What is the complementary strand to this strand of DNA? TGACACTGCCCAATG
ACTGTGACGGGTTAC
100
What is the name for a change in the DNA sequence?
Mutation
100
When DNA splits into its two halves, what is it now called?
RNA
200
Who discovered the spiral shape of DNA?
Franklin
200
Thymine pairs with what base?
Adenine
200
What is the complementary strand to this strand of DNA? CGAAATTCGCT
GCTTTAAGCGA
200
What causes a mutation?
Mutagens!
200
What is the sugar component of RNA?
Ribose
300
What did Chargaff discover related to DNA in the 1950's?
That the amount of Adenine is equal to the amount of Thymine and the amount of Guanine is equal to the amount of Cytosine.
300
Cytosine pairs with what base?
Guanine
300
What is the complementary strand to this strand of RNA? UGACACUGCCCAAUG
ACUGUGACGGGUUAC
300
What is the mutation where a base is added to the sequence?
Insertion/addition
300
Where can RNA be found?
Nucleus, cytoplasm, ribosome
400
What is the concept of A=T C=G called in biology?
Chargaff's Rule
400
Adenine pairs with what base?
Thymine
400
What is the complementary strand to this strand of DNA? GGGACTTAC
CCCTGAATG
400
What is the mutation where a base is removed from the sequence?
Deletion/subtraction
400
When RNA is read, how many units are read at a time?
3 (UAG, TAT, UGC)
500
How did Rosalind Franklin make her discovery?
By x-ray diffraction
500
In RNA, Thymine is replaced by what base?
Uracil
500
What is the complementary strand to this strand of RNA? UGGCACUGUCUAAA
ACCGUGACAGAUUU
500
What is the mutation where a base is switched in the sequence?
Substitution
500
When the RNA feeds through the ribosome, what does the ribosome do with the instructions that are given?
Gather amino acids, forming them into proteins