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15 Cards in this Set
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Double helix
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The structure of DNA
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Replication
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The process of synthesizing a new strand of DNA
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Gene
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Section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific proteins
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Transcription
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When the information on a DNA strand is transferred to mRNA
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Translation
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The information on mRNA is used to make protein on the ribosomes in the cytoplasm
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Name 3 parts of nucleotide
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Simple sugar(deoxyribose)
Phosphate Nitrogen base |
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Name 4 nitrogen bases
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Adenine
Guanine Cytosine Thymine |
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Discovered DNA 1953
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James Watson
Francis Crick |
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A always bonds to
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T
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G always bonds to
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C
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Unwinds the double helix
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Helicase
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Moves along each of the DNA strands adding complimentary nucleotides
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DNA polymerase
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How is RNA different from DNA?
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Single strand of nucleotides
Ribose not deoxyribose Uracil instead of thymine |
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Gene expression
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Processing the information from DNA into proteins
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2 stages of gene expression
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Transcription
Translation |
