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Deoxyribonucleic acid
blue-print for life: directs how proteins will be assembled
double stranded
found in the nucleus |
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| What is the smallest subunit of DNA? |
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| Name the 3 parts of a DNA nucleotide. |
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sugar - deoxyribose
phosphate group
nitrogenous base: A, T, C, & G |
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| What is the shape of DNA? |
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| double helix or twisted ladder |
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Ribonucleic acid
single stranded
carries information from DNA to the ribosomes and carries out the process by which proteins are made. |
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| How is RNA different from DNA? |
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RNA is single stranded
RNA has uracil instead of thymine
RNA has the sugar ribose instead of deoxyribose |
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| process where RNA is produced |
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| What is another definition of transcription? |
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| code words for making protein are passed on from the DNA to an RNA molecule during this process |
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| Where does transcription occur? |
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| The type of RNA that carries the instructions from DNA in a gene to where they will be translated is known as |
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| The instructions in mRNA are arranged as sequences of three nucleotides known as |
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| information is decoded and used to arrange amino acids |
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| carries amino acids to the ribosomes, where they are joined together to form proteins |
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| the entire process of constructing proteins |
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| DNA wraps around proteins and becomes tightly coiled, organizing into structures called chromosomes |
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| section of a chromosome that codes for a single trait |
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| Where does translation occur? |
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| process by which a cell forms new cells |
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| process of copying DNA during cell division |
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| When does DNA replication occur? |
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| before mitosis and before meiosis |
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| What are the building blocks of DNA? |
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| What bonds with cytosine in DNA? |
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| What bonds with guanine in DNA? |
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| What bonds with adenine in DNA? |
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| What bonds with thymine in DNA? |
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| Why must DNA be replicated within a cell? |
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| to provide new cells with a complete and identical copy of genetic material |
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| If one side of DNA is ATGCCGT, what would the complementary side read? |
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