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bio unit 8
Question | Answer |
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codon | 3 nucleotide in an mRNA; specifies a particular amino acid |
anti codon | directions for a single protein |
complementary | a term that describes a relationship between base pairs : A with T and C with G |
replication fork | area of DNA currently being copied |
amino acid | monomer of proteins |
gene | 3 nucleotide in a tRNA |
DNA & RNA similarities | nucleus, starts with DNA |
DAN & RNA differences | DNA- double helix, deoxyribose RNA- single helix, ribose |
DNA replication | |
Transcription | |
Translation | |
Pro- DNA replication | nucleus |
pro- Transcription | nucleus |
pro- Translation | ribosome |
euk- Translation | |
euk- DNA replication | |
euk- Transcription | |
what type of RNA do we use when we code? | mRNA |
How many nitrogen bases are in a codon? | 3 |
what is the start codon? | AUG |
what amino acid is first in every (real) protein? | Met |
what are the 3 stop codons? | UAA, UAG, UGA |
what process are you stimulating when you use DNA to determine the mRNA sequence? | Transcription |
what process are you stimulating when you use mRNA to determine the amino acid sequence? | Translation |
mutation | change in nucleotide acid sequence |