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| How is RNA different than DNA? |
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- The sugar is ribose
- Generally single stranded
- Contains uracil in place of thymine
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| What are the three types of RNA? |
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| Carries copied instructions from DNA to the rest of the cell for protein synthesis |
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| Transfers amino acids to ribosomes for protein assembly |
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| It is part of the ribosome |
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| DNA sequences not involved in coding for proteins |
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| DNA sequences involved in coding for proteins |
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| What happens during copying to introns and exons? |
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| Both are copied, but introns are cut out of RNA |
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| What are the two theories for the use of introns? |
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| Involved in evolution, and to Make different proteins from one DNA strand |
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| What is the genetic code? |
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| The language of mRNA instructions |
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| What are the four bases of RNA? |
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| Adenine[A], Uracil[U], Cytosine[C], Guanine[G] |
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| How many different codon combinations are there? |
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| The decoding of mRNA into a polypeptide chain |
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| Describe the process of Translation |
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| Transcription occurs, mRNa attaches to ribosomes, codons are read one at a time, Peptide bonds are made between amino acids, Stop codon is read and polypeptide chain is released |
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| Who's experiment was similar to Griffth's? |
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| Nucleic acid transmits genetic into from one generation to the next |
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| What does bacteriophage mean? |
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