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Nucleic Acid Nucleic Acid HistoryHistory

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Nucleic Acid Nucleic Acid StructureStructure

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Protein Protein SynthesisSynthesis

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Nucleic Nucleic Acid Acid

HistoryHistory

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Two scientists that Two scientists that built the first built the first model of DNA model of DNA

structurestructure

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Who are Watson & Who are Watson & Crick?Crick?

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Process described Process described by Frederick by Frederick

Griffith where Griffith where harmless bacteria harmless bacteria take on traits of take on traits of disease causing disease causing

bacteriabacteria

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What is What is transformation?transformation?

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A scientist who, A scientist who, along with others, along with others, found that DNA, found that DNA,

not protein, is the not protein, is the cell’s genetic cell’s genetic

materialmaterial

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Who is Oswald Who is Oswald Avery?Avery?

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Two scientists who Two scientists who used radioactive used radioactive

markers to markers to reinforce the idea reinforce the idea

that DNA is that DNA is carrying the carrying the

genetic material of genetic material of the cellthe cell

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Who are Hershey Who are Hershey and Chase?and Chase?

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Scientist that Scientist that studied DNA studied DNA

crystals using x-crystals using x-ray diffractionray diffraction

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Who is Rosalind Who is Rosalind Franklin?Franklin?

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Five carbon sugar Five carbon sugar on DNAon DNA

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What is What is deoxyribose?deoxyribose?

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Double-ringed Double-ringed nitrogenous basenitrogenous base

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What is a purine?What is a purine?

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Single-ringed Single-ringed nitrogenous basenitrogenous base

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What is a What is a pyrimidine?pyrimidine?

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Nitrogen base Nitrogen base that pairs with that pairs with

thyminethymine

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What is adenine?What is adenine?

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Nitrogen base Nitrogen base that replaces that replaces

thyminethymine

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What is uracil?What is uracil?

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Weak bonds that Weak bonds that hold nitrogen hold nitrogen

bases together in bases together in base pairingbase pairing

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What are hydrogen What are hydrogen bonds?bonds?

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Shape of a DNA Shape of a DNA moleculemolecule

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What is a double What is a double helix?helix?

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Process where DNA Process where DNA makes a copy of makes a copy of

itselfitself

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What is What is replication?replication?

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Enzyme that Enzyme that breaks hydrogen breaks hydrogen bonds between bonds between

nitrogen bases in nitrogen bases in DNA before DNA before replicationreplication

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What is DNA What is DNA helicase?helicase?

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Enzyme that binds Enzyme that binds to each separated to each separated DNA strand and DNA strand and

joins nucleotides to joins nucleotides to make a make a

complementary complementary strand of DNAstrand of DNA

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What is DNA What is DNA polymerase?polymerase?

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Nitrogen base Nitrogen base never found on never found on

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What is thymine?What is thymine?

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Five carbon Five carbon sugar on RNAsugar on RNA

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What is ribose?What is ribose?

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Type of RNA that Type of RNA that copies the copies the

genetic code in genetic code in the nucleus & the nucleus & takes it to the takes it to the

ribosomesribosomes

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What is mRNA?What is mRNA?

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Type of RNA that Type of RNA that joins with joins with

proteins to make proteins to make ribosomesribosomes

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What is rRNA?What is rRNA?

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Process where Process where DNA is separated DNA is separated & mRNA makes a & mRNA makes a copy of the DNA copy of the DNA

codecode

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What is What is transcription?transcription?

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Main enzyme use Main enzyme use in transcriptionin transcription

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What is RNA What is RNA polymerase?polymerase?

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Process in which Process in which the mRNA code is the mRNA code is

used to build a used to build a polypeptide polypeptide

chainchain

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What is What is translation?translation?

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Location where Location where translation translation

occursoccurs

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What is a What is a ribosome?ribosome?

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Sequence of Sequence of three mRNA three mRNA nucleotidesnucleotides

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What is a codon?What is a codon?

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Monomers Monomers carried by the carried by the

tRNA and used to tRNA and used to make a make a

polypeptidepolypeptide

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What are amino What are amino acids?acids?

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Binding site on Binding site on DNA for RNA DNA for RNA polymerasepolymerase

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What is the What is the promoter?promoter?

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Sequence of Sequence of nucleotides on nucleotides on

DNA that signals DNA that signals the end of the end of

transcriptiontranscription

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What is the What is the termination termination

signal?signal?

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The start codon The start codon for translationfor translation

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What is AUG or What is AUG or methionine?methionine?

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Complementary Complementary to the codon on to the codon on

mRNAmRNA

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What is the What is the anticodon?anticodon?

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Number of Number of binding sites on binding sites on

ribosomesribosomes

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What is three?What is three?

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Final Final JeopardyJeopardy

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Proteins

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Only produces Only produces proteins that proteins that will be used will be used

inside the cellinside the cell

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What are What are free free

ribosomes in ribosomes in the cytosol?the cytosol?