Transforming Principle
Mad Scientists
Molecules of Life
On the Cellular Level
“You should remember from this”
100

A molecule that cannot be the transforming principle   based on Griffiths findings.

What are proteins ?

100

The person who purified the DNA in image 51?

Who is Maurice Wilkins? 

100

The bond linking two sugars of a nucleic acid.

What is a phosphodiester bond?

100

The dark spot of the nucleus.

What is the nucleolus? 

100

Circular DNA.

What is a plasmid?

200

The “killer” strain bacteria used in Griffiths experiment.

What is the smooth strain?

200

The individual behind image 51.

Who is Rosalind Franklin?

200

The high energy bond of a dNTP is between these groups.

What are the beta and gamma phosphate groups?

200

DNA -> RNA -> Proteins 

What is Central Dogma?

200

The four groups of amino acids.

What are polar, nonpolar, (-) charged, and (+) charged amino acids?

300

The two kinds of bacteria strains Griffith mixed together.

What are the heat-killed smooth and living rough strains?

300

This person “rules” at biochemistry.

Who is Erwin Chargaff?

300

Watch out, this amino acid was quite hot in the Hershey and Chase experiment. 

What is Methionine? 

300

These are used by all cells but don’t call them an organelle.

What are Ribosomes?

300

This nucleic acid isn’t in DNA.

What is uracil?

400

The kind of bacteria that was extracted from the dead mouse treated in the experimental group.

What is the smooth virulent strain?

400

“I thought DNA was a triple helix”


Who is Linus Pauling?

400

GDP stands for “gross domestic product“ to economicist, but in genetics it stands for this. 

What is guanosine diphosphate?

400

All cells have a lipid bilayer and in Eukaryotes vessicles come from this organelle interact to interact with it.

What is the Golgi Apparatus?

400

Don’t confuse these two similar words that describe the division of cells.

What is mitosis and meiosis?

500

The term coined by Griffith used to describe his findings.

What is transformation? 

500

This string of emojis are fairly accurate to these scientists and their significant experiments 

👨‍🔬🧬☢️🦠👩‍🔬 

Who are Hershey and Chase?

500

Life probably began with this molecule.

What is RNA?

500

This organelle has it’s own DNA.

What is the mitochondria?

500

This mechanism describes what happens to proteins after being made.

What is post-translational modification?