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Mutation Replication transcription and translation

1
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Differences in Dna

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Double stranded, deoxyribose, thymine, exact copy

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Differences in rna

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Single strand, ribose, uracil, more than one form

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Replication

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Where DNA is copied

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4
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Transcription

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DNA to RNA

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5
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Translation

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RNA to protein

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6
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Purine nitrogen bases

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Adenine and guanine

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7
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Pyrimidine nitrogen bases

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Thymine and cytosine

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Difference between purines and pyrimidines

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Purines have a two ring structure. Pyrimidines have a one ring structure.

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9
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What is the monomer for nucleic acid?

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Nucleotides

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10
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What is the monomer for proteins?

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Amino acids

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11
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What is the primary function or purpose for DNA?

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Store genetic information for an organism

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12
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Where does DNA replication take place?

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Nucleus

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13
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Where does transcription take place?

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Nucleus

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14
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Where does translation take place?

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Ribosome

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15
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What are the three parts to a nucleotide?

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Sugar, phosphate group, nitrogen base

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16
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What two enzymes are involved in replication?

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DNA helicase and DNA polymerase

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17
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What enzyme is involved in transcription?

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RNA polymerase

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18
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Which nitrogen base is an RNA but not DNA

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Uracil

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19
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A group of three nitrogen bases on an mRNA strand

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Codon

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20
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A group of three nitrogen bases on a TRNA strand

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Anticodon

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21
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How many amino acids are commonly found in organisms

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About 20

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22
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What type of bond is between the nitrogen bases?

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Hydrogen bonds

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23
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What type of bond is between the sugar phosphate, backbone of DNA?

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Phosphodiester

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24
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Mutation

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A change within a nucleus acid that can harm or benefit the organism

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25
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What is a polymer?

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Large molecules made from multiple monomers

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26
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What does dna stand for?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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27
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What are the monomers of dna?

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A nucleotide

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28
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What are the three components of a nucleotide?

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Sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base

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29
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What is the shape of a DNA molecule?

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Double helix

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30
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Who discovered the shape of dna?

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James Watson and Francis crick

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31
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How did Wilkins and Franklin contribute to the discovery of DNA structures?

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Franklins images allowed Watson, and crick to create the discovery. Or x-rays of models

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32
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What are the four nitrogenous bases?

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Adenine thymine guanine and cytosine

33
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Which bases are complementary?

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Adenine with Thymine
Cytosine and Guanine

34
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What type of bond holds bases together?

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Hydrogen bonds

35
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What two bases are purines?

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Adenine and guanine

36
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What do bases are pyrimidines?

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Thymine and cytosine

37
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Describe the double helix, (what makes up the backbone in the rungs)

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Deoxyribose Sugars and phosphate groups

38
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How does DNA replicate?

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DNA replication

39
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What enzyme unzips the double helix

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DNA helicase

40
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What is DNA polymerase?

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Reads broken DNA and builds two new strands with complementary bases

41
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What is the complementary DNA sequence? ATTGCAGAT?

42
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If a DNA molecule is 20% adenine what is the percentages of T C and G

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T 20
C and G 30

43
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Why is DNA replication considered semi conservative?

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Half of the parent DNA molecule is conserved in the two daughter dna molecules

44
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What does antiparallel mean?

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If two biopolymers run parallel to each other opposite directionally (alignment)

45
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What does RNA stand for?

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Ribonucleic acid

46
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What are the three types of RNA

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mRna rRNA tRNA

47
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Copies, genetic instructions from DNA and carries it to the cytoplasm

48
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Helps form ribosomes, the organelle, where proteins Are assembled

49
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Brings amino acids to ribosomes, to form proteins

50
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What is the five carbon sugar in RNA?

51
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What are the four RNA bases?

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Adenine
Uracil
Cytosine
Guanine

52
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Given the following sequence, what’s the complementary mRNA sequence TATGCAATCGAC

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AUACGUUAGCUG

53
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List three ways RNA different from DNA

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Uracil
Single stranded
Ribose

54
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What is transcription

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information in DNA is transcribed into a smaller version of RNA

55
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What is needed for transcription

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RNA polymerase, transcription factors (proteins)

56
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What are the steps of transcription?

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Initiation
Elongation
Termination

57
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Transcription stage one

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RNA polymerase binds to the promoter, signals DNA to unwind so the enzyme can read the bases

58
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Transcription stage two

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, reads the unbound DNA strands and builds the mRNA molecule using complementary base pairs.

59
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Transcription stage three

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RNA polymerase crosses a stop termination sequence and detaches from DNA.

60
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Where does transcription occur?

61
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What is the primary transcription enzyme

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RNA polymerase

62
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What terminates transcription

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When RNA polymerase reaches the stop terminaton sequence

63
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What is the genetic code?*

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Nucleotides called codons

64
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What is a codon

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Sequence of three DNA or RNA nucleotides that goes with an amino acid

65
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What does a triplet code refer to

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64 different combinations (4x4x4) genetic codeor a sequence of 3 nucleotides

66
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What is translation

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When the genetic code in mRNA reads one codon at a time to make proteins

67
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What is the start signal for translation

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Code AUG FOR RNA
TAC. FOR DNA

68
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What amino acid does AUG code for

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Methionine

69
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What is the function of tRNA in translation

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Carrying specific animo acids to ribosome to build proteins

70
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Where are the amino acids found in the cell?

71
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What is an anticodon

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A sequence of three bases, complementary to the codon

72
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What type of covalent bond hold amino acids together

A

Peptide bonds

73
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Where does translation occur

74
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Translation stage 1

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Ribosome Attaches to mRNA

75
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Translation stage 2

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Ribosome starts reading code

76
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Translation stage 3

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tRNA carrying an amino acid binds anti-codon to codon on mRNA

77
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Translation stage 4

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Bonds form between amino acids in a polypeptide chain grows

78
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Translation stage 5

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Translation stops when the ribosome reaches a stop codon

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