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Biology Chapter 10
DNA
Question | Answer |
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What is the purpose of DNA | Store heriditary information |
What does DNA stand for | Deoxyribose nucleic acid |
What is a nucleotide | deoxyribose (sugar), phosphate and nitrogen base |
What is DNA made of | chains of nucleotides |
What type of bonds hold the two strands together | hydrogen |
What type of bonds holds the nucleotides together | covalent |
How many bonds are between cytosine and guanine | three |
How many bonds are between adenine and thymine | two |
What is the base pairing rule | complimentary bases will pair together |
What nitrogen bases pair together | adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine |
which bases are pyrimidines | cytosine and thymine |
which bases are purines | adenine and guanine |
who discovered the shape of DNA | Watson and Crick |
what is the shape of DNA | double helix |
What is the purpose of replication | copy entire DNA for mitosis |
What is semi conservative replication | two copies made are each made with one old strand and one new strand |
What must happen first | Nitrogen bases must separate |
what does helicase do | breaks hydrogen bonds between the nitrogen bases |
what does DNA polymerase do | adds nucleotides |
What is a replication fork | point where two strands of DNA separate for replication |
replicate this strand of DNA to DNA: CGTTAC | GCAATG |
What is purpose of transcription | make a working copy of DNA, carries hereditary information from nucleus to ribosome |
Transcribe this from DNA to mRNA: TACCGG | AUGGCC |
Where does transcription occur | nucleus |
What are three types of RNA | mRNA, tRNA, rRNA |
What is the function of mRNA | template for assembly of proteins |
What is the function of tRNA | bonds to one specific amino acid and transfers it to ribosome |
What is the function of the rRNA | Part of the ribosome |
What are four main differences between DNA and RNA | rna has uracil instead of thymine, single stranded instead of double, made of ribse instead of deoxyribose, short not long |
what would the DNA look like that this mRNA originated: CCA GAA UUG GUG | GGT CTT AAC CAC |
What is translation? | protein synthesis |
What is a codon? | nucleotide triplet found on mRNA, codes for a specific amino acid |
What is anticodon | found on tRNA, matches complimentary mRNA |
What would be the amino acids for the following mRNA sequence: CCA GAA UUG GUG | Arg Glut Leuc Val |
Where does translation take place? | ribosome |