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Topic 5- DNA and Protein Synthesis Flashcards

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What is a gene?

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A section of DNA that carries the information needed to make a particular protein

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What are chromosomes made of?

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Long coiled molecules of DNA

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Where is all of the genetic information held?

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In chromosomes found within the nucleus of almost all boy cells

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What are bases?

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Chemicals that are contained in DNA molecules

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What shape is a DNA molecule?

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A double helix

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How are the sides of the double helix held together?

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By bases

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How do the bases join up?

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In complementary base pairs

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What are the 4 different types of bases in DNA?

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Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine

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What is the base indicated by G?

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Guanine

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What is the base indicated by T?

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Thymine

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What is the base indicated by C?

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Cytosine

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What is the base indicated by A?

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Adenine

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What are the complementary base pairs?

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A only joins with T

C only joins with G

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DNA is able to leave the nucleus of the cell

True or False?

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False

The DNA never leaves the nucleus of the cell

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Where are proteins made?

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In the cytoplasm

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How is DNA copied to make a protein?

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The DNA is copied onto a messenger molecule which leaves the nucleus and is then used to make protein

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What replaces thymine in mRNA?

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Uracil

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How many strands does mRNA have?

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A single strand

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Where does the mRNA go after copying the gene?

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The cytoplasm

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What happens to the mRNA in the cytoplasm?

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It attaches onto a ribosome

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Where is the site of protein synthesis?

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Ribosomes

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What are proteins composed of?

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Smaller molecules known as amino acids

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Where are proteins found?

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In every living organism

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How many amino acids can be in a protein?

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There can be 100s making up a chain

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What does ribosomes need to make proteins?

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The mRNA code

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How do the ribosomes use the mRNA?

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The ribosome moves along the mRNA and uses the code to determine which amino acids join together

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What ultimately codes for the proteins?

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DNA

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What does the sequence of amino acids determine?

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The sequence and structure of the protein chain eventually made

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