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Nucleic Acids Flashcards

1
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Nucleic acids are polymers of _____

A

Nucleotides

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2
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What is a nucleic acid composed of?

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1 pentose sugar, 1-3 phosphate groups, and 1 nitrogenous base

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3
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What is a one carbon ring structure called?

A

Pyrimidines

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4
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What are the 3 types of pyrimidines?

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Cytosine, Thymine, and Uracil

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5
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What is a two carbon ring structure called?

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Purines

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6
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What are the 2 types of purines?

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Adenine and Guanine

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7
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Nucleotides have ____ functions

A

3

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8
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What is the intracellular messenger associated with nucleotides called?

A

cAMP

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9
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What nitrogen containing bases are found in DNA?

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A, C, G, T

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10
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Adenine binds with ____ in DNA

A

Thymine

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11
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Thymine binds with ____ in DNA

A

Adenine

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12
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Cytosine binds with _____ in DNA

A

Guanine

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13
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Guanine binds with ____ in DNA

A

Cytosine

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14
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What encodes the sequence of amino acids in proteins?

A

Genes

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15
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What nitrogen containing bases are in RNA?

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A, C, G, U

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16
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How many types of RNA are there?

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4

17
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What are the four types of RNA?

A

mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, snRNA

18
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mRNA is also called

A

messenger RNA

19
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rRNA is also called

A

ribosomal RNA

20
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tRNA is also called

A

transfer RNA

21
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SnRNA is also called

A

small nuclear RNA

22
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Adenine pairs with ____ in RNA

A

Uracil

23
Q

Uracil pairs with _____ in RNA

A

Adenine

24
Q

Cytosine pairs with ____ in RNA

A

Guanine

25
Q

Guanine pairs with _____ in RNA

A

Cytosine

26
Q

The conversion of DNA to RNA is called

A

transcription

27
Q

The conversion of RNA to protein is called

A

translation

28
Q

Only ____ can be translated to a protein

A

mRNA

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