Concept #1 DNA Structure & Function
Concept #2 DNA Replication
Concept #3 Protein Synthesis
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Dad jokes
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The full name of DNA (pronounced correctly)
What is Deoxy•ribo•nucleic acid?
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The phase of the cell cycle when DNA replication takes place
What is S-Phase?
(S= synthesis)
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The processes of copying a section of DNA and creating messenger RNA
What is transcription?
100
The direction that DNA polymerase can ONLY go when building a new DNA strand
What is 5 prime to 3 prime?
5' ------------> 3'
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What is brown and not heavy
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Light brown.
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A section or "chunk" of DNA that codes for a protein.
What is a gene?
200
What is semi-conservative replication?
200
Instead of thymine, RNA strands have this nitrogenous base.
What is uracil?
200
The human genome matches 60% of the DNA sequence of this fruit
What is a banana?
200
What is brown and sticky
A stick.
300
DNA > RNA > Protein
What is the Central Dogma?
300
The enzyme that prevents DNA from getting too twisty (supercoiling) during DNA replication
What is topoisomerase?
300
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The name of the structure where amino acids are linked together on the ribosome before it begins folding into a protein.
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What is a polypeptide chain?
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The amino acid made from the start codon AUG
What is "met" or "methionine"?
300
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What do you call cheese that's not yours
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Nacho cheese.
400
The two purines
What are adenine and guanine?
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The shape of prokaryotic DNA
What is circular?
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The two things that make up ribosomes.
What are rRNA and proteins?
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The two things that make up the sides of DNA
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What are phosphate groups and deoxyribose sugars?
400
What do you call a fake noodle?
An impasta.
500
Rosalind Franklin's primary contribution to solving the structure of DNA
What is Photograph 51?
500
DNA helicase creates one of these
What is a replication fork?
500
This part of tRNA dictates when and if it will bind to the A-site in ribosomes, on the mRNA
What is the anti-codon?
500
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The reason we needed salt in our DNA buffer during the strawberry DNA extraction lab
Salt helps precipitate the DNA
Also acceptable:
"bunches up the DNA" or "clumps up the DNA"
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500
What did one eye say to the other?
Something between us smells.