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DNA/RNA

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What allows DNA Polymerase 3 to create the new strand (enzyme)
RNA Primase
Which strand is built all at once?
The Leading Strand
Template Strand is another word for
Original DNA Strands
Which nitrogen bases pair (alphabetical order)?
Adenine and Thymine & Cytosine and Guanine
What are deletions
the removal of a base
RNA Polymerase keeps adding nucleotides until:
it reaches the terminator sequence
What is DNA made of?
Nucleotides
If each nucleotide had a numerical value and that value was increasing right to left, how would the Lagging strand be built (numerical answer---starts with 2 and ends with 5)
2 1 4 3 6 5
If two replication forks are present, what happens to the leading strand after it finishes replication in one fork?
It becomes the lagging strand in the other replication fork
Who was James Watson?
An American Biologist
In a sugar, the 3' bonds to the 5' due to a
Phosphodiester Bond
What is monosomy
having one chromosome instead of two
What did Rosalind Franklin do?
Took X-Rays to help discover the structure of DNA
What are mutations?
a change or mistake in the DNA sequence
What did James Watson do?
Discovered that DNA is in the form of a double helix
What are Chargaff's Rules?
A = T and C = G
How would the lagging strand look [if built in one segment] (w/ primes)
3' next to 3' AND 5' next to 5'
What is mRNA
A copy of a complimentary strand of DNA
What are frame-shift mutations?
The addition or deletion of a base causing the number of bases not to be evenly divisible by 3
What is trisomy
having three chromosomes instead of two
What is triploidy
every pair of chromosome has an extra copy
How does the DNA Polymerase 3 begin making the strand (what is the first segment called)?
RNA Primer
Which nitrogen bases are Purines?
Adenine and Guanine
What are translocations
The movement of a piece of 1 chromosome to another place (usually another chromosome)
How would the leading strand look (w/ primes)
3' next to 5' AND 5' next to 3'
What are introns
the non-coding region of a gene
What bond forms when tRNA bonds the amino acids with other amino acids in the ribosome?
polypeptide bond
Which nitrogen bases are Pyrimidines?
Cytosine and Thymine
Who was Rosalind Franklin?
A British scientist
What is a Stop Codon?
A codon without an anti-codon
What reads the mRNA? (HINT: transcription)
tRNA
How does the tRNA know that it is done adding anti-codons to the mRNA?
It reaches the Stop Codon
On a sugar molecule, what two parts connect?
3' and 5'
Which strand is built in segments?
The Lagging Strand
What did Francis Crick do?
Discovered that DNA is in the form of a double helix
What is the replication fork?
The place where the DNA is split
What is rRNA
a component of the structure of a ribosome
What are substitutions
replacing one base for another
What are the original DNA strands called?
Template Strands
When looking at a picture of DNA, how can you differentiate between the nitrogen bases?
Adenine and Guanine have 2 double bonds and Guanine is connected to Cytosine with 3 single bonds
What are insertions
the adding of a base
Who was Francis Crick?
A British physicist
Where does transcription occur?
in the nucleus
Who was Erwin Chargaff?
An American Biologist
What are inversions
the reversal of a section of DNA
How are DNA Strands made (HINT: primes)
5' to 3'
What changes RNA Primer into DNA
DNA Polymerase 1
What are nucleotides made of (DNA)?
deoxyribose, a phosphate molecule, and a nitrogen base
What did Erwin Chargaff do?
Created Chargaff's Rules
What is Thymine replaced by in RNA?
Uracil
What are point mutations?
a change in a single base pair
DNA is copied as what during transcription?
mRNA
What are 3 differences between RNA and DNA?
Thymine is replaced by Uracil, RNA is single stranded while DNA is double stranded, and RNA has an extra oxygen
What causes the replication fork to open?
Helicase breaking the hydrogen bonds
Why must the lagging strand be made in segments?
It would be made backwards if it was made at once
Where does RNA Polymerase bind to?
Promoter Region
What are exons
the coding region of a gene
What joins the Okazaki Fragments?
DNA Ligase
If two replication forks are present, what happens to the lagging strand after it finishes replication in one fork?
It becomes the leading strand in the other replication fork
What are the unconnected pieces of the Lagging Strand called?
Okazaki Fragments
How are DNA Strands read
3' to 5'
What is the Central Dogma
DNA codes for RNA and RNA codes for proteins

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