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List the names of the scientists who are giving credit for discovering the structure of DNA |
James Watson and Francis Crick |
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What type of macromolecules are DNA and RNA |
Nucleic acids |
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What is the shape of a DNA molecule |
Double helix |
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What does DNA stand for? |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
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Nucleotides are the basic building blocks of what |
DNA |
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List 3 parts of a nucleotide that are used to make DNA molecules |
5 carbon sugar Deoxyribose Phosphoric acid |
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List for nitrogen bases found in DNA nucleotides |
Guanine cytosine thymine adenine |
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Which part of DNA is nucleotide named after |
Nucleic acid |
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What type of chemical bonds holds left and right side of DNA together |
Hydrogen bonds |
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What are nitrogen base pairing rules for DNA |
Guanine bonds with cytosine and adenine bonds with thymine |
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What would be the base sequence on a complementary strand ACC TGG AGAIN CTA |
TGG CAAN TCT GAT |
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During which step of interphase does DNA replication occur? |
S phase |
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Explain what is a gene |
A specific order or sequence of DNA base (nucleotides) on one strafe that codes for a specific protein to be made |
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Where does DNA replication occur |
Nucleus |
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In 3 steps describe how DNA replication in a living cell to make an exact copy of the original chromosome |
1. The enzyme helicase unzips the DNA in the nucleus 2. Free nucleotides move into the nucleus fasten onto the complementary bases of each strand 3. New nucleotides form a complete complementary strand exactly like the old one |
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Why does everyone new copy of a chromosome contain one old strand of DNA connected to a new strand |
Due to the base pairing rules the old strand of DNA forces the new strand to not only be complementary but also an exact copy of the strand it is replacing |
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What us a mutation |
A change in the basement sequence of a gene on the DNA molecule sometimes resulting in the production of a different protein |
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What does RNA stand for |
Ribonucleic acid |
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List 3 chemical parts of RNA |
1. Ribose 2. Phosphoric acid 3. One of the 4 nitrogen containing bases |
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List 4 nitrogen bases in rna |
Guanine cytosine ucacil adenine |
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What are the base pairing rules for rna molecule bonds |
Guanine bonds with cytosine and adenine bonds with uracil |
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What is the difference between Deoxyribose sugar and ribose sugar |
Deoxyribose sugar has one less oxygen atom |
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List the 4 difference between DNA and RNA |
DNA has a double helix while rna has a single helix. DNA has Deoxyribose sugar while rna has ribose sugar. DNA has adenine-thymine while rna has adenine uracil. DNA stays in the nucleus and RNA leaves the nucleus |
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List 3 types of rna |
mRNA tRNA and rRNA |
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What's a codon |
Each group of three bases on the mRNA that will specify a specific amino acid which will be used to build a protein. |
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tRNA contains anticodon. What's an anticodon |
A group of 3 bases, complements the codon of the mRNA |
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What is the main function of the tRNA molecule |
Transferring, bringing in the amino acids used to build a protein |
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List 2 molecules that together make a ribosomes |
mRNA tRNA |
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Define transcription |
The copying of A genetic message from a strand of DNA into a molecule of mRNA |
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Where does transcription take place |
Nucleus |
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During transcription DNA nucleotides must bond with RNA nucleotides. What are the base pairing rules for DNA to rna nucleotides? |
DNA nucleotide guanine bonds with RNA nucleotide cytosine and vise versa. DNA nucleotide adenine bonds with RNA nucleotide thymine. DNA nucleotide thymine bonds with RNA nucleotide adenine. |
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In 3 steps describe process of transcription |
1. DNA strands in the nucleus unwind, hydrogen bonds between bases are broken, exposes Gene, a specific sequence or order of bases. 2. Gene's sequence of bases is copied by making a strand of mRNA, using RNA controlled by enzyme polymerase. 3. The sequence of bases, also called the codons on the mRNA carries the genetic code from the DNA |
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Does the entire DNA molecule unwind in order for transcription to take place. Explain what happens. |
No, only the section that has the general that will be transcripted into the mRNA |
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Which enzyme controls transcription |
Polymerase |
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One mRNA is made in transcription where does it go now? |
Translation |
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Define translation |
The process by which the information coded in mRNA is used for the assembly of a particular protein using the genetic code |
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What macromolecules is the basic building blocks of proteins |
Amino acids |
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Where does translation take place |
Cytoplasm |
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In 5 steps describe translation |
1. mRNA leaves the nucleus traveling to the cytosol or the endoplasmic reticulum to find a ribosome. 2. Within the cytoplasm, amino acid molecules become attached to their specific tRNA molecules- determined by their anticodon. 3. tRNA with the right anticodon temporarily joins (by hydrogen bonds) with the corresponding codon on the mRNA. 4. The amino acid brought into position by the tRNA joins the last amino acid in the chain and then separates from the tRNA. 5. As the ribosome moves along, the tRNA that has delivered the last amino acid us released when it's amino acid is bonded to the polypeptide. |
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What is the name of the type of chemical bonds that holds together the amino acids to make a polypeptide |
Dehydration synthesis |
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CUA AGA GUU ACC |
GAU UCU CAA UGG |
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List 3 main reasons why one protein created during translation different from other proteins |
1. Made in different order 2. Different # of amino acids 3. Cross-bonding |
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Define genetic code |
The rules for how the 3base codon sequences found on the mRNA molecules calls for a specific amino acid which will be used to create a polypeptide |
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Explain genetic code universal |
Because every living thing uses the same genetic code |
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Explain why a mutation in the sequence of nucleotides of a gene may or may not change the protein made during translation |
Not all base mutations will change the protein produced but a change in the amino acids found in a protein will cause the protein to have a different shapes and may change the ability of the molecule to function properly. |