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What is the difference between DNA and RNA?
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Transcription and Translation

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What is the difference between DNA and RNA? RNA is single stranded instead of double stranded, contains uracil instead of thymine, contains ribose sugar instead of deoxyribose
What is a gene? A segment of DNA that codes for a protein
What is a trait? seen when enough of a protein is made (hair color, eye color, etc.)
DNA is ________________________ into RNA. transcribed
RNA is __________________________ into an amino acid sequence. translated
What do amino acids make up? proteins
What is a phenotype? an observable trait
Which enzyme binds to one strand of DNA, reads the gene, and joins RNA nucleotides to form a complementary single stranded messenger RNA (mRNA)> RNA polymerase
What does mRNA do after it is transcribed? Travels through the nuclear pores into the cytoplasm
What is a codon? a sequence of 3 nucleotides
What organelle does the mRNA bind to? a ribosome
What are ribosomes made out of? rRNA and proteins
What is the role of transfer RNA (tRNA)? to transfer amino acids from the cytoplasm to the ribosome to build a protein
Are there different types of tRNA? Yes, there is one from each of the 20 amino acids
Once a protein is translated, what happens? It folds into a 3D shape and causes a phenotype
What is the start codon? AUG, methionine
What is a stop codon? When protein synthesis stops, and the protein is released from the ribosome.
What are the steps when given a DNA sequence and asked for the amino acid sequence? transcribe the DNA to a mRNA sequence. Translate codons of the mRNA sequence into amino acids.
What does it mean that the genetic code is universal? Every species codons code for the same amino acids
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