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22 Cards in this Set
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_______ acids are one of the 4 classes of organic molecules found in all living organisms |
nucleic acids |
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What are the monomers of nucleic acids? |
Nucleotides |
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What are the five different nucleotides? |
adenine, guanine, and cytosine |
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What are the nucleotides found in both DNA and RNA? |
Adenine, Guanine, and Cytosine |
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What a |
Thymine |
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What is the nucleotide only found in RNA? |
Uracil |
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What's The difference between RNA and DNA? |
RNA has ribose and DNA has deoxyribose (one less oxygen atom) |
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what is DNA? |
A double-stranded helically shaped molecule, the inheritance material of all living organisms and some viruses |
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what are the complementary base pairs? |
C=G, A=T |
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what is eukaryotic DNA? |
DNA in eukaryotic organisms is found in structures called chromosomes |
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every eukaryotic organism has _______ chromosomes. |
multiple |
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how many chromosomes do humans have? |
46 |
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each chromosome has multiple ______. |
genes |
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what is a gene? |
A stretch of a chromosome which codes for a particular protein |
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what is a genome? |
The collection of all the genes found in all the chromosomes of a particular organism |
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what is transcription? |
The formation of a mRNA molecule from the gene (DNA) |
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what is translation? |
Ok |
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The purpose of the mRNA molecule is to carry the gene information to the site of protein synthesis in the |
ribosome |
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what is translation? |
translation occurs in the cytoplasm at ribosomes and results in the formation of proteins |
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every three letters of the mRNA molecule is called a _____ which codes for a particular amino acid |
codon |
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TRNA carries the amino acid to the site of translation and has the anti-codon which binds to the _____ codon |
mRNA's |
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The ribosome is made of both protein and _____ |
rRNA |
