DNA
What is shape of DNA called?
What is...Double Helix
What are the nitrogen bases of RNA?
Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine
What type of mutation results from a nitrogen base being added into the DNA sequence?
Insertion mutation
Codon
Cellular Respiration
What are the nitrogen bases of DNA?
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine.
How is the shape of RNA different to DNA?
DNA is double stranded, while RNA is single stranded.
What type of mutation results from a nitrogen base being deleted from the DNA sequence?
Deletion mutation
What are the building blocks of protein?
Amino Acids
The movement of particles (from low to high concentration) across a semi-permeable membrane while using energy.
Active Transport
What is the name of the sugar used in DNA?
Deoxyribose sugar
What is the name of the sugar used in RNA?
Ribose sugar
What type of mutation results from a nitrogen base being switched to another nitrogen base?
Substitution Mutation
The process of using the DNA as a template to get our mRNA.
Transcription
Meiosis
What holds the 2 sides of the DNA together?
Hydrogen Bond
What would the complementary RNA strand look like for GCA-CCC-AAT
CGU-GGG-UUA
Why can insertion & deletion mutations be harmful?
They cause a frame shift & can result in poorly created proteins.
The process of reading the codons of our mRNA strand & combining the appropriate amino acids
Translation
How many daughter cells results from mitosis & are they genetically different or identical?
2 & identical
What biomolecule is DNA?
Nucleic Acid
What is RNA used for?
Protein synthesis
When do mutations usually occur?
During DNA replication before mitosis.
What amino acids would result from the RNA strand
GCC-UCA-AGC
Alanine, Serine, Serine
Osmosis