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who discovered that there is the same amount of A and T and C and G

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Chargraff

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who discovered that genetic material is DNA not protein

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Hershey and Chase

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who discovered that DNA has a double helix structure by using x-ray diffraction patterns

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Rosalind Franklin

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who published the structure and took credit for what rosalind discovered

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watson and crick

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what are DNA and RNA made of

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nucleic acids

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what are nucleic acids made of

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long chains of nucleotides

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how are the phosphate and sugar molecules joined together in the sugar-phosphate backbone

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covalent bonds

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what are nucleotides made of

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a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphate group

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how are nucleotides joined together

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covalent bonds between the sugar of one nucleotide and the phosphate of the next

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10
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what are the structural differences of dna vs rna

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RNA’s sugar has an OH group attached to one of its C atoms and it has uracil instead of thymine

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11
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why is the model for DNA replication known as semi-conservative replication

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bc half the parent model is maintained (conserved) in each daughter molecule

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which are the enzymes that link DNA nucleotides to a growing daughter strand

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DNA polymerase

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13
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which enzyme links the Okazaki fragments together into a single DNA strand

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DNA ligase

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14
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which end of the strand does DNA polymerase add nucleotides to

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3 prime

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15
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what is the daughter strand that is synthesized continuously called

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the leading strand

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16
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what is the daughter strand that is synthesized in fragments called

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the lagging strand

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17
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what are the fragments on the lagging strand called

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okazaki fragments

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18
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what does DNA polymerase do besides adding nucleotides to the DNA chain

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Proofreads –> removes nucleotides that have base-paired incorrectly during replication

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19
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does DNA have to replicate before it divides

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yes

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20
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what is an organism’s genotype

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its genetic makeup

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21
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what is an organism’s phenotype

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its physical traits

22
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what is transcription

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the synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA

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what is translation

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the synthesis of a protein under the direction of RNA

24
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what is the one gene polypeptide hypothesis

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the function of a gene is to dictate the production of a polypeptide

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in what way does information within the cell flow

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DNA –> RNA –> Protein

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what is the triplet code

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the genetic instructions for the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide chain are written in DNA and RNA as a series of non overlapping three-base “words” called codons

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what is the genetic code

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the set of rules that relate codons in RNA to amino acids in proteins

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what enzyme joins RNA nucleotides together

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RNA Polymerase

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where does transcription take place

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the nucleus

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what is a promoter

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a specific biding site for RNA polymerase and determines which of the 2 strands of the dna double helix is used as the template in transcription

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what kind of RNA encodes amino acid sequences

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mRNA

32
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what happens to eukaryotic transcripts before they leave the nucleus as mRNA

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they are processed in several ways

33
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what are some of the ways mRNA is processed before leaving the nucleus

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caps and tails are added to the ends to facilitate the export, protect the mRNA, and help ribosomes bind to the mRNA
RNA splicing

34
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what is RNA splicing

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the process that removes introns from RNA and joins the exons to produce an mRNA molecule with a continuous coding sequence

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what are the steps of transcription

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INITIATION: RNA polymerase attaches to promoter-a binding site (chooses which DNA strand to read and signals the beginning of a gene)
ELONGATION: RNA strand is made and peels away from DNA strand
TERMINATION: RNA polymerase reaches the terminator (signals the end of the gene)

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what is transfer RNA

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converts codons to amino acids

37
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what two parts of tRNA give it its ability to match a particular codon in mRNA to its corresponding amino acid

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the anticodon and the amino acid attachment site

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what is the function of rRNA

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ribosomes hold the mRNA and tRNA close together, and connects amino acids from the tRNA to the growing polypeptide chain

39
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what are the 3 phases of translation

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initiation, elongation, termination

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what are the steps of translation initiation

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an mRNA molecule binds to a small ribosomal subunit. A special initiator tRNA binds to the specific codon, called a start codon, where translation begins on the mRNA molecule. the initiator tRNA carries the amino acid Met; its anticodon binds to the start codon. next, a large ribosomal subunit binds to the small one, creating a functional ribosome. the initiator tRNA fits into one of the 2 tRNA binding binding sites on the ribosome called the p site. this site will hold the growing polypeptide. the other tRNA binding site - the A site - is vacant and is ready for the next amino acid bearing tRNA

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what are the steps of translation elongation

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  1. codon recognition - the anticodon of an incoming tRNA molecule, carrying its amino acid, pairs with the mRNA codon in the A site of the ribosome
  2. peptide bond formation - the polypeptide separates form the tRNA in the P site and attaches by a new peptide bond to the amino acid carried by the tRNA in the A site
  3. Translocation - the P site tRNA now leaves the ribosome and the ribosome moves the remaining tRNA in the A site to the P site
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what is the termination step of translation

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when elongation stops when a stop codon reaches the A site

43
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describe amino acid attachment

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each amino acid attaches to its proper tRNA with the help of a specific enzyme and ATP

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what is a mutation

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any change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA

45
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what is point mutation

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when a base is substituted for another

46
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what are the types of point mutations

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silent, missense, and nonsense

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what is a silent mutation

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a substitution that does not change the protein produced because the new codon still ends up coding for the same amino acid

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what is a missense mutation

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a substitution that changes the amino acid coding
some have little or no effect on the on the shape/function of the resulting protein, but others prevent the protein from performing its normal function

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what is a nonsense mutation

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a substitution that changes an amino acid codon into a stop codon, which will prematurely terminate the protein

50
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what is a frameshift mutation

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when nucleotides are added or deleted and the whole sequence is altered

51
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what is a mutagen

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chemicals or agents that cause mutations
ex: x rays or uv light, the anti-aids drug AZT which works bc its structure is similar enough to thymine that it gets put into DNA but then that DNA cant be replicated

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