Unit 1 National 5 Biology Flashcards
Name the shape of this molecule.
Double Stranded Helix
Name the bases in DNA
Adenine, Thymine,Guanine and Cytosine
When we get the bases coming together
A- T
C-G
What do we call this?
Complimentary base pairs
The first step in protein syntheis
What has the DNA done here?
The DNA has unwound and unzipped
How much of the DNA is copied ?
A sequence of bases that makes a gene
What is produced when the gene is copied?
mRNA
Where does the production of mRNA take place?
The nucleus
Name the orange molecule and the blue molecule.
Orange Ribosome
Blue mRNA
Where in the cell would you find a ribosome?
In the Cytoplasm
What would you say was the function of a ribosome
To synthesise a protein
What are proteins made of?
Amino acids
Give three functions of proteins
Antibodies,receptors,hormones,enzymes