Study Guide: Molecular Biology
Vocabulary:
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A and P site
Aids
Antibiotic
Bacteriophage(Phages)
Capsid
Codons (anticodons)
Conjugation
DNA
DNA and RNA
polymerases
DNA ligase
Double Helix
Emerging viruses
Endospore
F factor
Genetic code
HIV
Introns and Exons
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Lysogenic cycle
Lytic cycle
Molecular Biology
mRNA
mRNA, tRNA, rRNA
Mutagen
Mutagenesis
Mutation
Nitrogenous bases
Nucleotides
Pathogen
Pilus
Plasmids and R plasmids
Polynucleotide
Prion
Promoter and Terminator
Prophage
Provirus and Retrovirus
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Reading frame
RNA
RNA splicing
Semiconservative model
Spirillum
Start and Stop codon
Sugar-Phosphate backbone
Toxin
Transcription
Transduction
Transformation
Translation
Triplet code
Viroid
Viroids
Virus
1. How could a single base substitution result in a shortened protein product?
2. Why doesn’t a bout of flu give us immunity to the flu in subsequent years?
3. Describe one way a virus can penetrate its genes without destroying its host cell. What is this type of reproductive
cycle called?
4. Summarize the steps of viral replication.
5. Explain how HIV infects the immune system cells.
6. What convinced Hershey and Chase that DNA, rather than protein, is the genetic material of Phage T2?
7. Describe 3 modes of gene transfer between bacteria.
8. Compare and contrast DNA and RNA polynucleotides.
9. How does complementary base pairing make possible the replication of DNA?
10. What is the function of DNA polymerase in DNA replication?
11. Distinguish between transcription and translation.
12. What makes prions different from all other known infectious agents?
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Use your notes, labs, activities, video questions, and other practice to review for the test.
Review textbook pages 181-205.
Review the chapter summary on page 206 in textbook. Use review questions on p. 207 in textbook and then check
answers in the back of your book.
Review Mrs. Chaillou’s power points and notes posted on her documents and links pages on her website.