DNA & Genes lecture WK1 L3 Flashcards
WHAT ARE NUCELEIC ACIDS?
POLYMERS WHICH ARE LONG CHAIN OF NEUCLIOTIDES
WHAT ARE DIOXYRIBONUCELIS ACIDS?
LARGEST NUCLEIC ACID CONSISTING OF BILLIONS OF NUCELOTIDES WHCH CARRIES THE GENETIC CODE
WHAT ARE RIBONUCELEIC ACIDS?
SMALLER NUCELEIC ACIDS WHCH ASIST NI PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF DNA?
WOUND INTO THIN THREADS (CHROMATIN) THAT WINDS AND COILS AROUND HISTONE PROTEIN
WHAT DOES A NUCELEOTIDE CONSIST OF?
PHOSPHATE GROUP
SUGARS (DNA - DEOXYRIBOSE / RNA - RIBOSE)
NITROGENOUS BASE
WHAT ARE THE PURINES?
ADENINE
GUANINE
WHAT ARE THE PYRIMADINES?
CYTOSINE
THYMINE
URACIL
WHAT ARE DNE BASES?
CTAG
CYSTOSINE, THYMINE, ADENINE, GUANINE
WHAT ARE RNA BASES?
CUAG
CYTOSINE, URACIL, ADENINE, GUANINE
WHAT IS GENOME?
ALL THE GENES THAT ONE PERSON HAS
HOW MNAY PAIRS OF CHROMOSONES DO HUMAN HAVE?
23
WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF RNA?
TRABFER RNA
MESSENGER RNA
RIBOSOMAL RNA
HOW MANY NEUCLEOTIDE CHAINS DOES RNA HAVE?
1 - NOT DOUBLE HELIX
WHAT IS RNA ESSENTIAL FUNCTION?
INTERPRET DNA CODE
DIRECT PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN CYTOPLASM NOT THE NUCLEUS
WHAT IS THE START CODON?
AUG