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Nucleic Acid
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Nucleic Acid
Structure
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RNA
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Synthesis
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Two scientists that
built the first model
of DNA structure
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Who are Watson &
Crick?
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Process described by
Frederick Griffith
where harmless
bacteria take on
traits of disease
causing bacteria
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What is
transformation?
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A scientist who, along
with others, found
that DNA, not
protein, is the cell’s
genetic material
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Who is Oswald Avery?
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Two scientists who
used radioactive
markers to reinforce
the idea that DNA is
carrying the genetic
material of the cell
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Who are Hershey and
Chase?
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Scientist that studied
DNA crystals using
x-ray diffraction
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Who is Rosalind
Franklin?
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Five carbon sugar on
DNA
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What is deoxyribose?
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Double-ringed
nitrogenous base
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What is a purine?
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Single-ringed
nitrogenous base
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What is a pyrimidine?
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Nitrogen base that
pairs with thymine
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What is adenine?
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Nitrogen base that
replaces thymine
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What is uracil?
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Weak bonds that
hold nitrogen bases
together in base
pairing
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What are hydrogen
bonds?
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Shape of a DNA
molecule
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What is a double
helix?
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Process where DNA
makes a copy of itself
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What is replication?
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Enzyme that breaks
hydrogen bonds
between nitrogen
bases in DNA
before replication
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What is DNA
helicase?
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Enzyme that binds to
each separated DNA
strand and joins
nucleotides to make a
complementary strand
of DNA
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What is DNA
polymerase?
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Nitrogen base never
found on RNA
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What is thymine?
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Five carbon sugar
on RNA
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What is ribose?
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Type of RNA that
copies the genetic
code in the nucleus
& takes it to the
ribosomes
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What is mRNA?
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Type of RNA that
joins with proteins
to make ribosomes
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What is rRNA?
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Process where DNA
is separated &
mRNA makes a copy
of the DNA code
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What is transcription?
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Main enzyme use in
transcription
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What is RNA
polymerase?
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Process in which the
mRNA code is used
to build a
polypeptide chain
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What is translation?
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Location where
translation occurs
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What is a ribosome?
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Sequence of three
mRNA nucleotides
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What is a codon?
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Monomers carried
by the tRNA and
used to make a
polypeptide
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What are amino
acids?
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Binding site on DNA
for RNA polymerase
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What is the
promoter?
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Sequence of
nucleotides on DNA
that signals the end
of transcription
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What is the
termination signal?
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The start codon for
translation
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What is AUG or
methionine?
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Complementary to
the codon on mRNA
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What is the
anticodon?
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Number of binding
sites on ribosomes
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What is three?
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Final
Jeopardy
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Proteins
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Only produces
proteins that
will be used
inside the cell
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What are free
ribosomes in
the cytosol?
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