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Crick's mRNA vocab
mRNA Vocabulary review
Question | Answer |
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What are 2 reasons why DNA is good for storing information? | 1) it is durable and 2) it is easily copied |
What is the role of the DNA Helicase? | unzips the DNA molecule |
What is a complimentary partner? | Where the position of one nucleotide determines the nucleotide across from it on the DNA molecule (A-T C-G) |
What is replication? | the making a copy of DNA -not an exact copy as the complimentary bases are used |
What are the only 2 reasons that DNA is “unzipped?” | to replicate and to make proteins |
What is mRNA? | A copied strand of DNA that is used to be a blueprint for protein molecules |
What does mRNA stand for? | messenger RiboNucleic Acid |
What are the 4 differences between DNA and mRNA? | 1) RNA is made with Ribose- DNA has deoxyribose 2) RNA is single stranded – DNA has 2 strands 3) RNA has uracil in place of thymine 4) RNA is less durable than DNA |
What is the function of RNA polymerase? | Unzips the DNA molecule during mRNA formation |