Protein Synthesis
Type of RNA that carries amino acid
What is tRNA?
DNA has ____ strands.
What is 2 ?
Term that means "to write" as in a copy of RNA
Transcription
Type of mutation where a nitrogen is swapped for another one.
What is substitution?
Type of molecule that ends in "ase"
What is an enzyme?
X-rays, pesticides, tobacco, drugs are examples of these.......
What are mutagens/Carcinogens?
Building blocks of DNA
What is a nucleotide?
Molecule that serves as a template to make mRNA
What is DNA?
Any change in an organisms genetic information.
What is a mutation?
3 base "word" on mRNA
What is codon?
Process when mRNA copies a complementary copy of DNA
What is transcription?
DNA codes for the production of ___________.
What is protein?
Term that means "to decode" or "to translate"
What is translation?
Type of mutation where a base is inserted or deleted.
What is a Frameshift mutation?
The building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids?
27 nucleotides makes this many codons (words)
What is 9?
Section of DNA that codes for a specific protein
What is a gene?