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1
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Transcription is

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DNA to RNA

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2
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Translation is

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RNA to protein

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3
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Codon is

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A series of 3 bases and is coding for an amino acid

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4
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Each codon is

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1 amino acid

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5
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DNA sugar is

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Sugar (deoxyribose)- phosphate backbone

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6
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What are the DNA nitrogenous bases?

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A T C G

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7
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What kind of strand is DNA?

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Double stranded helix

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8
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DNA complementary strands are

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Antiparallel

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9
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Is DNA supercoiled?

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Yes

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10
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What kind of sugar does RNA have?

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Sugar (ribose)- phosphate backbone

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11
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What nitrogenous bases does RNA have?

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A U G C

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12
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Is RNA double stranded?

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No. Single stranded

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13
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Is RNA transient in the cell?

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Yes

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14
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What are the RNA subtypes?

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mRNA rRNA tRNA

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15
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What does mRNA stand for?

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Messenger RNA

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16
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What does rRNA stand for?

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Ribosomal RNA

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17
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What does tRNA stand for?

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Transfer RNA

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18
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What is the definition of tRNA?

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Transferring amino acids in the protein making.

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19
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What is the binary fission of replication?

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The mother copying DNA

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20
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What does replication need to start?

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Origin of replication

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21
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Is replication bidirectional?

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Yes

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22
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What process is semiconservative?

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Replication

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23
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What is the definition of semiconservative?

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The DNA you get out of the replication process has one new strand but conserved one strand.

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24
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Does replication need an RNA primer?

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Yes

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25
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What does DNA polymerase do?

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Lays down the complimentary translations, proofreads the strand, and gets rid of RNA primers

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26
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What growth does replication go by?

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5 prime to 3 prime

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27
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How many RNA primers does the leading strand need in replication?

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One

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28
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Which strand of replication can replicate continuously?

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The leading strand

29
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Which strand of replication does not replicate continuously?

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The lagging strand

30
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How many RNA primers does the lagging strand need?

31
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What is gyrase?

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The untwisting of the DNA

32
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What is helicase?

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Unwinding the helix

33
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What is polymerase?

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Lays down the basis; DNA builder

34
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What is ligase?

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Ligating the hole/gap

35
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Is transcription is bidirectional?

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No. Unidirectional

36
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Can both DNA strands be a template for RNA?

37
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Describe transcription

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RNA polymerase recognizes DNA promoter sequence, melts a short piece of DNA and adds nucleotides.

38
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What growth does transcription use?

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5 prime to 3 prime

39
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Where does transcription end?

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DNA terminator sequence

40
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Where does transcription start?

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Promoter sequence

41
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mRNA have 3 letter codons that code for

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Amino acid, start and stop

42
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What is Degeneracy?

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61 codons for 20 amino acids

43
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What’s is the anticodons job on tRNA in translation?

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Meet the codon that’s complimentary to it.

44
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What does translation need?

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mRNA, ribosome(70S), tRNAs with amino acids

45
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What does the acceptor do for translation?

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Accept tRNA with amino acids

46
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What does the pepidyl do for translation?

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Linking amino acids with peptide bonds

47
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What does the exit do for translation?

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A way for it to exit

48
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What is the effect of point mutations?

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It may or may not change the protein in some way

49
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What is the definition of point mutations?

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Mutation of one base

50
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In translation, what cell has an mRNA that’s can be polycistronic?

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Prokaryotes

51
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In translation, what cell has an mRNA that’s can be monocistronic?

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Eukaryotes

52
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What is the definition of polycistronic?

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Where one mRNA can contain information about more than one gene

53
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What is the definition of monocistronic?

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Where one mRNA contains information about one gene

54
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What ribosome do prokaryotes have in translation?

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70S (30S+50S)

55
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How many ribosomes can prokaryotes have in translation?

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One or more

56
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Replication is

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DNA to DNA

57
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What ribosome do eukaryotes have in translation?

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80S (40S+60S)

58
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Do all genes for cell functioning need to be turned on at all times?

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No because that would be a waste of cellular energy.

59
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What is an operon?

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Genes controlled by an operator

60
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Is an operon pre or post transcriptional control?

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Pre transcriptional control

61
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What is a lac operon?

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An inductive operon that makes enzymes to break lactose down when lactose is present

62
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What is a trp operon?

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A repressive operon that makes enzymes to synthesize trytophan

63
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What is epigenetics?

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Binding of epigenetic factors to DNA or RNA to activate or repress genes

64
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Is RNA interference pre or post transcriptional control?

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Post transcriptional control

65
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What is miRNA?

66
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What does microRNA do?

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Regulates cell activities

67
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What is siRNA?

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Short interfering RNA

68
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What does siRNA do?

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Viral and cellular control

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