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DNA/RNA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Avery's experiment showed that bacteria are transformed by what? | DNA |
| what is a nucleotide found in DNA? | deoxyribose+phosphate group+cytosine |
| true or false in eukaryotes, DNA is located in the nucleus? | true |
| what does DNA replication result in? | two new strands of DNA, each with one new strand and one original strand |
| during DNA replication that DNA strand that has the bases CTAGGT produces a strand with the bases? | GATCCA |
| what sugar does RNA contain? | ribose |
| unlike DNA, RNA contains _____ | uracil |
| what three things are found in both RNA and DNA? | phosphate group, guanine, and cytosine |
| how many types of rna are there? | 3 |
| what types of rna are involved in protein synthesis? | all three |
| during transcription an rna molecule is formed _____ ____ ____ | inside the nucleus |
| how many bases are needed to specify three amino acids | 9 |
| what happens during translation? | the cell uses info from mRNA to produce proteins |
| what is it called when part of the DNA nucleotide sequence is copied into a complementary sequence of RNA? | transcription |
| what is a promoter? | binding site for RNA polymerase |
| what does DNA polymerase do? | binds nucleotides, or copies DNA during replication |
| an enzyme that binds to DNA and separates an copies DNA is? | RNA polymerase |
| during the process of ____, the info carried by mRNA is used to produce proteins | translation |
| each tRNA molecule contains three unpaired bases called ________, which are complementary to one mRNA codon | anticodons |
| what is it called when genetic information is altered due to changes in the DNA sequence? | mutations |
| a nucleotide doesn't contain what? | polymerase |
| in prokaryotes, DNA molecule are located in the _____ | cytoplasm |
| the main enzyme involved in linking individual nucleotides into DNA moles is ______ | DNA polymerase |
| the watson and crick model of DNA is a ______ _____ in which two strands are wound | double helix |
| during transcription, the _____ _____ between base pairs are broken | hydrogen bonds |