DNA | DNA Replication | Scientists | RNA | Protein Synthesis |
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What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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What is the enzyme responsible for separating the DNA strands for replication?
DNA helicase
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Who was responsible for the crystallography wagon wheel photograph?
Rosalind Franklin
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What does RNA stand for?
Ribonucleic Acid
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What is transcription?
The creation of mRNA from a DNA strand
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What is it named after?
The deoxyribose sugar
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What is it called at the point of separation?
A replication fork
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Who stated that A=T and C=G in all living species?
Chargaff
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What is it named after?
The ribose sugar in its nucleotide
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What is translation?
The creation of a polypeptide strand of amino acids from tRNA, mRNA and rRNA.
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What are the bases of DNA?
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine
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What is the enzyme responsible for adding the DNA bases to the replicated strand?
DNA polymerase
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Who received the nobel prize for the structure of DNA?
Watson & Crick
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What are the bases of RNA?
Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine and Guanine
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What are the results of transcription and translation?
protein synthesis
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What is the shape of DNA?
A double helix.
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What does semi conservative mean?
That each strand has a new and an old strand
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Who was the partner of Rosalind Franklin?
Wilkins
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What are the three types of RNA?
mRNA, rRNA and tRNA
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Where does translation occur?
In the cytoplasm
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Where is your DNA located?
On chromosomes in the nucleus of the cell
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What does complementary base pairing mean?
That A pairs with T and C pairs with G
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Who was the American from the team of Watson and Crick?
James Watson
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What is a nucleotide?
A nitrogenous base, sugar and a phosphate group
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Which RNA takes part in both transcription and translation?
messenger RNA
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