DNA Vs RNA
The number of strands in DNA.
What is 2?
Transcribe the following DNA strand into RNA CAG.
What is GUC?
Grab a codon chart. The amino acid that this mRNA strand codes for - AAC
What is Asparagine?
The addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a DNA sequence
What is insertion?
An environmental factor that impacts gene expression.
What is sunlight, temperature, diet, toxins, upbringing, etc?
The monomer of Nucleic Acids.
What are nucleotides?
The location of transcription.
What is the nucleus?
The location of translation.
What is a ribosome?
The type of mutation that only impacts one amino acid by exchanging a nitrogenous base.
What is a point mutation? (substitution)
Grab a codon chart. The amino acid that this DNA strand codes for - TAC.
What is methionine?
Double Jeopardy
The full name of the nitrogenous base that pairs with cytosine.
What is guanine?
The final product of transcription
What is mRNA?
The final product of translation.
What is a protein (chain of amino acids)?
The specific type of point mutation that results in the creation of the same amino acid and doesn't cause any change in the protein.
What is a silent mutation?
The term for any external agent that can cause a change in DNA
What is a mutagen?
The three types of RNA.
What are rRNA, mRNA and tRNA?
The full name of the nitrogenous base that replaces thymine in RNA.
What is Uracil?
Transfers the amino acids to the ribosome.
What is tRNA?
The scientific name for the type of cell a mutation must occur in to be passed down to the next generation
What are gametes?
The three components of a nucleotide.
What is a phosphate group, pentose sugar, nitrogenous base?
Specify, the sugar found in DNA, and the sugar found in RNA.
What is deoxyribose (DNA) and ribose (RNA)?
Double Jeopardy
The enzyme responsible for transcription.
What is RNA polymerase?
The type of bond that links amino acids together when forming a protein.
What is a peptide bond?
The mutation category that insertion and deletion fall under.
What is frameshift?
The group of 3 nucleotides that are located on tRNA.
What is an anticodon?