Unit 5 Dna Flashcards

Front 1

Double Helix

Back 1

Shape of the DNA molecule: two DNA strands are twisted into a springlike structure;
twisted ladder

Front 2

Nitrogenous Base

Back 2

a structure found in DNA or RNA that contains nitrogen;
4 types of adenine (A), thymine (T), Guanine (G), & Cytosine (C)

Front 3

Transcription

Back 3

Process where an RNA copy of DNA amino adds to make proteins

Front 4

Codon

Back 4

set of three nitrogenous bases (letters) that make an amino acids

Front 5

Mutation

Back 5

Any change or error in DNA

Front 6

Mutagen

Back 6

Anything that causes a change in DNA could be radiation, (x-rays), chamicals or high temperature

Front 7

Messenger RNA

Back 7

RNA that picks up information in nucleus from DNA and travels to the cytoplasm

Front 8

Ribosomes RNA

Back 8

RNA that makes up the ribosomes; clamps onto RNA and uses it's information to assemble amino acids in the correct order.

Front 9

Transfer RNA

Back 9

RNA that transports amino acids to the ribosomes to be assembled into proteins.

Front 10

Translation

Back 10

Changing the information in RNA into amino acids to make protiens