DNA and RNA Flashcards
What controls the cell cycle
Check points
Folding into a double helix
polymerization
Strand that RNA is transcribed from
template strand
3’ to 5’ strand
template strand
5’ to 3’ strand
RNA and coding strand
When genetic material is not identical
Mutation
What type of DNA does a prokaryote have
Circular DNA
Where the DNA strands separate
DNA fork
The middle of DNA where it gets transcribed
Replication bubble
Replication in Prokaryotic
- RNA primer opens DNA
- Elongation by RNA
3 Helicase breaks hydrogen bonds - Replication fork opens
- leading strand replicates with the opening of the repliaction bubble
- Lagging strand moves in opposite direction and copies in sections
Genotype
The DNA sequence
Phenotype
what the DNA sequence expresses
Drivers of evolution
Mutation
What does a mutation cause
changes in amino acid sequence
Gene
basic physical and funcitional unit of heredity
Gene expression
When a gene makes something functional
Central dogma
the process of turning DNA into something functional
Central dogma order
- DNA replication
- Transcribing
- Translating
Genetic Code
Groups of unique triplets of nucleic acids that code for different amino acids
Codon
triplet of nucleic acids
RNA order
5 prime to 3 prime
Template strand
Strand RNA is copied from; 3 prime to 5 prime