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Central Dogma

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DNA is first transcribed into mRNA, then mRNA strands are translated into proteins.

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RNA complementary strand letters.

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A-U, T-A, C-G, G-C

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DNA complementary strand letters.

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A-T, T-A, G-C, C-G

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Enzymes in DNA replication?

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DNA Polymerase, Helicases, Ligase and primase

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What does DNA polymerase do?

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Matches existing DNA bases with complementary nucleotides and links them.

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What does Helicases do?

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Unwinds DNA

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What does Ligase do?

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Glues together Okazaki fragments

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What does primase do?

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Puts down primase/primer.

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What are Okazaki fragments?

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Short sequences of DNA nucleotides.

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10
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Enzyme in transcription?

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RNA polymerase

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What does RNA polymerase do?

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makes mRNA strand from DNA template.

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What types of RNA are there?

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mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA

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What does mRNA do?

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Carries genetic information from the DNA to ribosomes for protein synthesis.

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What does rRNA do?

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It’s a part of ribosome.

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What does tRNA do?

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Brings the amino acids to ribosomes according to mRNA code. Transports amino acids.

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14
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Types of mutations?

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Silent mutation, Missense mutation, nonsense mutation, insertion, Frameshift

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What is a silent mutation?

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No amino acid change

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What is a missense mutation?

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Amino acid substitution.

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What is a nonsense mutation?

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Premature stop codon

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What is an insertion mutation?

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DNA segment added or removed

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What is a frameshift mutation?

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Reading frame shifted

20
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Where does DNA replication occur?

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Nucleus

21
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Where does transcription occur?

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Nucleus

22
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Where does translation occur?

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Ribosome/cytoplasm

23
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Differences between DNA and RNA?

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DNA is double stranded, RNA is single stranded. DNA uses base thymine, RNA uses base uracil. DNA is sugar deoxyribose, RNA is sugar ribose.

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