Unit 6 quiz #1 Flashcards
1
Q
Point Mutations
A
single base change
base pair substitution
2
Q
Silent Mutation
A
no amino acid change, redundancy in code
3
Q
Missense
A
change amino acid
4
Q
nonsense
A
change to stop codon
5
Q
Frame Shift
A
shift in reading frame (changes everything downstream)
6
Q
Insertions
A
adding bases
7
Q
deletions
A
losing bases
8
Q
Leading Strand
A
continuous synthesis
9
Q
Lagging Strand
A
Okazaki Fragments- joined by ligase
10
Q
Flow of genetic information within a cell
A
DNA -> transcription -> RNA -> translation -> Protein
11
Q
RNA
A
single stranded
U instead of T
12
Q
Template Strand
A
Transcribed DNA strand
13
Q
Coding Strand
A
untranscribed DNA strand
14
Q
RNA Polymerase
A
enzyme
15
Q
Initiation
A
RNA polymerase binds to promoter sequence on DNA
