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Are both DNA strands produced in sane direction?

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No

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Can DNA leave the nucleus?

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No

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How many strands of DNA are transcribed in transcription?0

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One

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Where does transcription take place in eukaryotic cells?

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Nucleus

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What molecule is made during transcription?

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Messenger RNA

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Where does mRNA travel to?

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Ribosomes

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What happens in the ribosomes after mRNA is made?

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Protein synthesis

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Where does translation take place?

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Ribosomes

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What happens in translation?

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Building of proteins

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What replaces thymine in RNA?

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Uracil

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Functions of mRNA

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Acts as intermediary between DNA and ribosomes and translated into protein by ribosomes

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Functions of tRNA

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Delivery system of amino acids to ribosomes as they synthesize proteins

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What is ribosomal RNA OR rRNA

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Binds with proteins to form ribosomes

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Role of RNA

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Assist in protein synthesis and controls gene expressin

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Antiparallelism

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Opposing orientation of the two nucleotide chains in DNA

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How do hisotones and nucleosomes interact with DNA

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DNA coils around hisotones(proteins), resembles beads that are called a nucleosome

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What are hisotones?

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Proteins

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What does it mean to say that replication is semi conservative?

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Each new DNA double helix conserves half of the original

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Primase

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Adds short primer to template strand

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Binding proteins

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Stabilizes separate DNA strands