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DNA
Structure
Protein
Synthesis
Genetic
Processes
DNA vs. RNA
Mutations
DNA
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The twisted arrangement of
the DNA strands
A 100
What is a Double Helix?
A 100
A binds to T and C binds to G
A 200
What is the Base Pairing
Rule?
A 200
DNA strands which are
aligned in opposite directions
A 300
What is Antiparellel?
A 300
Form the backbone of the
DNA polymer
A 400
What are phosphates and
deoxyribose?
A 400
The process of copying DNA
A 500
What is replication?
A 500
A copy of a single gene
B 100
What is mRNA?
B 100
3 nucleotides on mRNA
B 200
What is a codon?
B 200
The decoding molecule, it
carries a specific amino acid
B 300
What is tRNA?
B 300
Made of RNA, it holds all the
components of translation
together
B 400
What is a Ribosome?
B 400
The process of copying a
single gene
B 500
What is Transcription?
B 500
The first step of Replication
and Transcription
C 100
What is Unzipping?
C 100
A process that copies the
genes to prepare for Cell
Division
C 200
What is Replication?
C 200
The process of decoding
mRNA
C 300
What is Translation?
C 300
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C 400
The process that makes
mRNA
C 400
What is a Transcription?
C 400
2 processes that happen in the
Nucleus
C 500
What are Replication and
Transcription?
C 500
Contains U, but not T
D 100
What is RNA?
D 100
Double Stranded
D 200
What is DNA?
D 200
Contains the pentose sugar
Ribose
D 300
What is RNA?
D 300
Formed in the nucleus, it then
moves out into the cytoplasm
D 400
What is RNA?
D 400
The main component of
Chromosomes
D 500
What is DNA?
D 500
One base is replaced by
another
E 100
What is a substitution
mutation?
E 100
A segment of a chromosome
breaks off and reattaches
backwards
E 200
What is an Inversion?
E 200
2 types of mutations that
cause a “frame shift”
E 300
What are insertion and
deletion?
E 300
A piece breaks off of one
chromosome and reattaches
to a different chromosome
E 400
What is translocation?
E 400
The name for something that
causes mutations
E 500
What is a Mutagen?
E 500
A nucleotide found in RNA,
but not in DNA
F 100
What is Uracil?
F 100
The scientist that discovered
that the number of A
nucleotides always equals the
number of T nucleotides (and
that C=G)
F 200
Who is Chargaff?
F 200
The scientists who
determined the structure of
DNA
F 300
Who were Watson and Crick?
F 300
The instructions for making a
protein
F 400
What is a Gene?
F 400
The scientist whose X rays of
DNA crystals discovered the
double helix structure of
DNA
F 500
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
F 500
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