Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Ø Made up of chromosomes
Ø The Human Karyotype has 23
pairs of chromosomes
Karyotype
one half of a duplicated chromosome
chromatid
a molecule composed of two
polynucleotide chains that coil around
each other to form a double helix
Ø The string that comprises the
chromatin fibers
DNA
a sequence of DNA or RNA that
codes for a molecule or a protein
basic unit of heredity
the human body has approximately
20,000 to 25,000 different genes
Gene
organized package of
DNA
chromosomes
consists of a sugar molecule attached
to a phosphate group and a nitrogen containing base
Ø the basic building block of nucleic
acids
Nucleotide
joined together by covalent bonds
between the phosphate group of one
nucleotide and the third carbon atom of
the pentose sugar in the next
nucleotide.
Nucleotide
This produces an alternating backbone
of sugar - phosphate - sugar - phosphate
all along the polynucleotide chain.
Ø 10 pairs of nucleotides in each full turn
of the helix in the DNA molecule
Nucleotide
nucleotides without a phosphate
group
nucleosides
consists of a segment of
DNA wound around eight
histone proteins and
resembles thread wrapped
around a spool
Nucleosomes
What controls the formation of mRNA
gene (DNA)
what spreads throughout the cell to control formation of a specific protein
mRNA
The entire process, from transcription of the genetic code in the nucleus to translation of the RNA code and the formation of proteins in the cell cytoplasm
gene expression
the 4 nitrogenous bases
purines: adenine and guanine
pyrimidines: thymine and cytosine
what consists the nucleotides
(1) phosphoric acid
(2) a sugar called deoxyribose
(3) four nitrogenous bases
purines: adenine and guanine
pyrimidines: thymine and cytosine
first stage in DNA formation
formation of nucleotides
the nucleotides formed using the four bases
deoxyadenylic,
deoxythymidylic, deoxyguanylic, and
deoxycytidylic acids.
combining one molecule of phosphoric acid,
one molecule of deoxyribose, and one of
the four bases forms a _________
acidic nucleotide
what pairs with adenine (purine base)
what pairs with cytosine (pyrimidine)
thymine (pyrimidine base)
guanine (purine base)
Gives the DNA the ability to
control the formation of
proteins
Genetic code
true or false
the purine and pyrimidine bases
projecting to the side of each
DNA strand are exposed after spliting the DNA molecule apart, the genetic code is formed
TRUE
consists of successive “triplets”
of bases—that is, each three
successive bases is a CODE
WORD
genetic code
true or false
The successive triplets of the DNA
control the sequence
of amino acids in a protein
molecule that is to be
synthesized
FALSE, the genetic code instead of DNA
what are the stop codons
UAA, UGA, UAG
what amino acid has CCG as RNA codon
PROLINE
What amino acid has GAA as RNA codon
Glutamic Acid
a process that removes the intervening,
non-coding sequences of genes (INTRONS) from pre-mRNA and joins
the protein-coding sequences (EXONS) in
order to produce a mature mRNA that
can be transported outside the nucleus.
RNA splicing
True or False
Transcription is done when the DNA code from the Cytoplasm is transferred to the RNA Code (Nucleus)
False. DNA - Nucleus
RNA - Cytoplasm
during mRNA synthesis, the two strands of __________ separate temporarily in the nucleus and uses the DNA template
DNA
the resulting complementary code triplets in the mRNA which control the sequence of amino acids in a protein to be synthesized in the cell cytoplasm.
codons
In the RNA synthesis, the building blocks are the same with the DNA except for the sugar deoxyribose replaced with ______ and thymine replaced by another pyrimidine ____________
RIBOSE
URACIL
this activates the RNA Nucleotides
RNA polymerase
TRUE OR FALSE
In the activation of RNA nucleotides,
there is adding of two extra phosphate radicals to each nucleotide to form
triphosphates.
These last two phosphates are
combined with the nucleotide by
high-energy phosphate bonds
derived from carbon
FALSE - derived from ATP
TRUE OR FALSE
small quantities of ATP energy are
made available to each of the
nucleotides.
This energy is used to promote
chemical reactions that add each
new RNA nucleotide at the end of
the developing RNA chain.
FALSE - large instead of small
In the DNA strand immediately ahead of
the gene to be transcribed is a sequence
of nucleotides called the _________
PROMOTER
where does the RNA polymerase (activates RNA nucleotides) attach to initiate the formation of RNA
Promoter
After the RNA polymerase
attaches to the promoter, the
polymerase causes ________ of
about two turns of the DNA helix
and separation of the unwound
portions of the two strands
unwinding