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5977634708DNA-RNA-Protein-Traitflow of biological info0
5977634709deoxyribonucleic acidwhat does DNA stand for?1
5977634710genetic codeDNA carries the ?2
5977634711stores; transmitsDNA ? and ? genetic info from one generation to the next3
5977634712organicDNA is a type of ? compund4
5977634713nucleic acidDNA is an example of ?5
5977634714Watson and Crickwho are the two people who built a 3D model of DNA6
5977634715double helixwhat is DNAs structure7
5977634716Rosalind Franklinwho took x-rays of a DNA?8
5977634717nucleuswhere is DNA inside of a eukaryotic cell?9
5977634718cytoplasmwhere is DNA inside a prokaryotic cell?10
5977634727polymer; monomerDNA is a ? made of many ?11
5977634728nucleotidewhat is the monomer of DNA12
5977634729phosphateone ?+one sugar+one base=nucleotide13
5977634730sugarone phosphate+one ?+one base=nucleotide14
5977634731baseone phosphate+one suagr+one ?=nucleotide15
5977634732nucleotideone phosphate+one sugar+one base=?16
5977634733phosphate group and deoxyribose sugarwhat are the sides of the ladder made of?17
5977634734nitrogen baseswhat are the steps of the ladder made of?18
5977634735A+T; C+Gwhat are the base pairing rules?19
5977634736A and Gwhat are the two purines?20
5977634737purineswhat is this21
5977634738pryimidines22
59776347393how many rings does it take to make a step?23
59776347402how many rings are in a purine?24
59776347411how many rings are in a pyrimidine?25
5977634742Awhat does T pair with26
5977634743Twhat does A pair with27
5977634744Gwhat does C pair with28
5977634745Cwhat does G pair with29
5977634746hyrdorgenwhat types of bonds are found between the nitrogen bases30
5977634747covalentwhat type of bonds are found in the back bone31
5977634748back bonewhat is made of phosphates and sugars32
5977634749A and Twhich two bases have 2 hydrogen bonds33
5977634750C and Gwhich two bases have 3 hydrogen bonds34
5977634751sameeach cell within the same body contains the ? DNA35
5977634752dividebefore a cell can ?, it must must an exact replica of its DNA36
5977634753exactbefore a cell can divide, it must make an ? replica of its DNA37
5977634754DNAbefore a cell can divide, it must make an exact replica of its ?38
5977634755replicationprocess that an exact replication of DNA is made39
5977634756hydrogen bonds? bonds are broken by the enzyme helicase and DNA unzips40
5977634757helicasehydrogen bonds are broken by the enzyme ? and DNA unzips41
5977634758complementary halvesin the second step, DNA molecules split into ? becoming template strands42
5977634759templateDNA molecules split into complementary haves becoming ? strands43
5977634760nucleotides? match up with their complementary bases44
5977634761nucleotides; nucleusfree ? are abundant in the ?45
5977634762DNA polymerasenucleotides are linked into 2 new strands of DNA with the enzyme ?46
5977634763proof readsDNA polymerase also ?47
5977634764semiconservativewhat is the method of replicating DNA called48
5977634765several locationsDNA replication can take place in ? at the same time49
5977634766antiparallelDNA strands are ?, one is is 5' and the other is 3'50
59776347675'; 3'one end of DNA is ? and ?51
59776347683'what is the side that can receive incoming nucleotides called52
5977634769leadingthe strand that is built continuously is called the ? strand53
5977634770laggingthe strand that is built in fragments is called the ? strand54
5977634771DNA ligase enzymehow how okazaki fragments joined together55
5977634772okazaki frgamentswhat are the fragments called on the lagging strand56
5977634775Griffith and The MiceIn this experiment, it was concluded that a hereditary factor is transferred to the harmless cells.57
5977634776Avery and The MiceIn this experiment, they were trying to determine which heredity factor protein transferred the disease causing ability. It was concluded that DNA is responsible for transformation of the bacteria.58
5977634777Hershey/Chase and The BacteriophageIn this experiment, radioactive proteins were used to conclude that DNA is the hereditary molecule in Viruses.59
5977634778Watson and CrickThese two scientists were credited for discovering the structure of DNA.60
5977634779Wilken and FranklinThese two scientists took x-ray diffraction photographs of DNA crystals, but were not credited for the discovery of the DNA structure.61
5977634780NucleotideWhat is this entire structure called?62
5977634781Deoxyribose (Sugar)What is Letter B?63
5977634782PhosphateWhat is Letter A?64
5977634783Nitrogenous BaseWhat is Letter C?65
5977634784Hydrogen BondWhat type of bond hold together two nitrogenous bases?66
5977634785Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Thymine (T), and Cytosine (C).What are the four nitrogenous bases?67
5977634786PurinesThis "flavor" of nitrogenous base has a double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms.68
5977634787PyrimidinesThis "flavor" of nitrogenous base has a sing ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms.69
5977634788A and GWhich two nitrogenous bases are purines?70
5977634789T and CWhich two nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines?71
5977634790A:T as G:CName the complementary bases.72
5977634791AACGTTCWrite the complementary DNA strand to: TTGCAAG73
5977634792To store information.What is the function of DNA?74
5977634793DNA ReplicationThe process of making a copy of DNA.75
5977634794DNA HelicaseThis enzyme is responsible for splitting the two DNA strands in DNA Replication.76
5977634795DNA PolymeraseThis enzyme is responsible assembling DNA nucleotides into polynucleotides using a preexisting strand of DNA as a template.77
5977634796ProkaryotesThis type of cell does DNA replication in a circular shape.78
5977634797EukaryotesThis type of cell does DNA replication in one direction.79
5977634798MutationAny change to the sequence of a DNA strand is called a...?80
5977634799Point MutationThis type of mutation results in a change to a single nucleotide pair in a DNA molecule.81
5977634800Point MutationThis type of mutation substitutes the change of one amino acid to another one.82
5977634803Frameshift Insertion MutationThis type of mutation shifts the "reading" frame of genetic message by inserting a nucleotide into the sequence.83
5977634804TranscriptionThe organic process where the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA.84
5977634805RNA PolymeraseAn enzyme in transcription that unwinds the DNA strand and produces the mRNA that matches.85
5977634806TranslationThe process where genetic information coded in mRNA directs the formation of a specific protein in a ribosome in the cytoplasm.86
5977634807mRNAThis type of RNA is a single stranded molecule that carries the instruction from a gene to make a protein.87
5977634808rRNAThis type of RNA along with proteins forms the ribosomes which are the sites of protein synthesis.88
5977634809tRNAThis type of RNA transfers amino acids to the ribosomes to make protein.89
5977634810CodonA specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid.90
5977634811AUGCUUGGCConvert this DNA template strand into an mRNA stand: TACGAACCG91

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