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From DNA to Proteins

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This type of virus takes over a bacterium's genetic machinery and directs it to make more viruses   Bacteriophage  
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The small units that make up DNA   Nucleotides  
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Model in which two strands of DNA wind around each other like a twisted ladder   Double helix  
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In DNA, thymine (T) pairs with   Adenine (A)  
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In DNA, cytosine (C) pairs with   Guanine (G)  
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In DNA, adenine (A) pairs with   Thymine (T)  
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In DNA, guanine (G) pairs with   Cytosine(C)  
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T pairs with A and C pairs with G   base pairing rules  
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The process by which DNA is copied during the cell cycle   Replication  
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A group of enzymes that bond nucleotides together during replication   DNA polymerases  
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Defined by Francis Crick, states that information flows in one direction, from DNA to RNA to proteins   central dogma  
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ribonucleic acid   RNA  
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Chain of nucleotides, each made of a sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing base; temporary copy of DNA that is used then destroyed   RNA  
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The process of copying a sequence of DNA to produce a complementary strand of RNA   Transcription  
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enzymes that bond nucleotides together in a chain to make a new RNA molecule   RNA polymerases  
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very large enzymes composed of many proteins that play a variety of roles in the transcription process   RNA polymerases  
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an intermediate message that is translated to form a protein   Messenger RNA (mRNA)  
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Forms part of ribosomes, a cell's protein factories   Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)  
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Brings amino acids from the cytoplasm to a ribosome to help make the growing protein   Transfer RNA (tRNA)  
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The process that converts an mRNA message into a polypeptide   Translation  
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Three-nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid   Codon  
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Three _____ signal the end of the amino acid chain   Stop codons  
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One _____ signals the start of translation and the amino acid methionine   Start codon  
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Set of three nucleotides that is complementary to an mRNA codon   Anticodon  
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DNA segment that allows a gene to be transcribed   promoter  
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Helps RNA polymerase find where a gene starts   Promoter  
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DNA segment that turns a gene "on" or "off"; interacts with proteins that increase the rate of transcription or block transcription from occurring   Operator  
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Region of DNA that includes a promoter, an operator, and one or more structural genes that code for all the proteins needed to do a specific task   Operon  
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In eukaryotes; nucleotide segments that code for parts of the protein   Exons  
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Mostly in eukaryotes; nucleotide segments that intervene between exons   Introns  
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Change in an organism's DNA   Mutation  
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Mutation in which one nucleotide is substituted for another   point mutation  
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Mutation involving the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide in the DNA sequence   Frameshift mutation  
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Agents in the environment that can change DNA by speeding up the rate of replication errors and, in some cases, even breaking DNA strands   mutagens  
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Two people that figure out the DNA structure using models   Watson and Crick  
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Found out that pneumonia bacteria could be transformed by some substance   Griffith  
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These two people used radioactive isotopes and bacteriophage viruses to prove that DNA was the genetic material   Hershey and Chase  
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This person proved that the transforming principle in the bacteria was DNA   Avery  
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These two people used X-ray crystallography to help figure out the structure of DNA   Franklin and Wilkins  
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Sides of a nucleotide   Sugar and phosphate  
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Rungs of a nucleotide   Nitrogen bases  
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Type of bonds holding nucleotide bases together   Hydrogen bonds  
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Enzyme that splits DNA strand down the middle   Helicase  
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2 strands (DNA or RNA)   DNA  
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1 strand (DNA or RNA)   RNA  
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In RNA, Adenine (U) pairs with   Uracil (U)  
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Deoxyribonucleic acid   DNA  
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Ribonucleic acid   RNA  
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Gene expression is controlled in prokaryotes and eukaryotes mainly at ________   The beginning of transcription  
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Gene expression controlled from many points   Eukaryotes  
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Genes are expressed mainly during transcription   Prokaryotes  
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Proteins contain ______ but very little ______   sulfur; phosphorous  
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DNA contains _______ but no _______   phosphorous; sulfur  
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Identified DNA in the nucleus of the cell in 1870   Meishcher  
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Chromosomes are made of _____ and ________   DNA; protein  
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Why did scientists think protein was the cell's hereditary material?   It's more complex than DNA  
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Why did scientists think DNA was the cell's hereditary material?   It's in the nucleus and had no other known uses  
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1st step of transcription   DNA unzips  
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2nd step of transcription   Code copied onto mRNA  
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3rd step of transcription   mRNA detaches  
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How are transcription and replication similar?   They both copy DNA codes and occur in the nucleus  
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Transcription ends with the production of _____   RNA  
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Replication ends with the production of ____________   2 identical strands of DNA  
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Why is gene expression regulated in prokaryotic cells?   It is simpler in prokaryotic cells than in eukaryotic cells  
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In prokaryotic cells, gene expression is typically regulated at the start of __________   Transcription  
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Why do the cells in your body differ from each other?   Different sets of genes are expressed in different types of cells  
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What role do transcription factors play in a cell?   They help RNA polymerase know where a gene starts  
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What is a TATA box?   A seven-nucleotide promoter  
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What is "sonic hedgehog" an example of?   A gene that controls the expression of other genes  
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Which type of mutation affects more genes, a gene mutation or a chromosomal mutation?   Chromosomal  
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What is translocation?   A piece of one chromosome moves to a nonhomologous chromosome  
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What leads to gene duplication?   During crossing over, if the chromosomes do not align the segments may differ in size, and one chromosome may have two copies of a gene  
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For a mutation to be passed to offspring, in what type of cell must it occur?   Germ cell  
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Can DNA polymerase catch and correct every replication error?   No  
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How does UV light damage the DNA strand?   It can cause neighboring thymine nucleotides to break their hydrogen bonds to adenine and bond with each other instead  
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Purines are ____ ring structures   Double  
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Pyrimidines are ______ ring structures   Single  
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Where does DNA replication take place in a eukaryotic cell?   Nucleus  
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When is DNA replicated during the cell cycle?   Synthesis  
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Why does DNA replication need to occur?   To assure that every cell has a complete set of identical genetic information  
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A pattern (a single DNA strand can serve as one for a new strand)   Template  
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What roles do proteins play in DNA replication?   Separating DNA strands, holding strands apart while they serve as templates, and bonding new nucleotides together.  
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What must be broken for the DNA strand to separate?   Hydrogen bonds  
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Why is DNA replication called semiconservative?   One old strand is conserved, and one complementary new strand is made.  
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Human chromosomes have hundred of ______________, where the DNA is unzipped so replication can begin.   Origins of replication  
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DNA polymerase has a _________ function that enables it to detect errors and correct them.   Proofreading  
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What actually does the work of replicating the DNA molecule?   Enzymes and other proteins  
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What is meant by DNA replicates bidirectionally?   DNA unzips in opposite directions  
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Where does DNA begin to come apart when it begins to replicate?   In the middle  
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The free-floating nucleotides are added on to the divided DNA by what enzyme?   DNA polymerase  
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When the new nucleotides are added on, a purine always attaches to a __________ to ensure that the radius is the same for the DNA molecule.   Pyrimidine  
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Purines   A and G  
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Pyrimidines   T and c  
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What enzyme is responsible for checking the accuracy of the DNA molecule?   DNA polymerase  
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DNA replicates at _____ points along the entire length of the DNA molecule.   Many  
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What two scientists figure out the replication of DNA?   Meselsohn and Stahl  
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A disease caused by a point mutation   Sickle cell anemia  
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A disease caused by a deletion resulting in a frameshift mutation   Cystic fibrosis  
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Mutations can add_____ to a population particularly in single-celled organisms   Variations  
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Most non-adaptive mutations are removed by __________   Natural selection  
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How mutations change phenotypes: May cause premature _____________   Stop codon  
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How mutations change phenotype: May change ________ shape   Protein  
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How mutations change phenotypes: May change gene __________   Regulation  
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Mutations may not affect phenotypes: May be silent, particularly if in ___ position of triplet code   third  
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Mutations may not change phenotypes: May occur in _________ region   noncoding  
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Mutations may not change phenotypes: May not affect protein ________   Folding  
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Prokaryotic cells turn genes on and off by controlling ___________   Transcription  
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Genes for a related process are grouped together with a _______ that allows the genes to be "turned on or off"   Promoter  
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A section of the DNA called an ________ actually turns the genes on and off.   Operator  
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Gene expression in ________ is more complicated due to specialized cells   Eukaryotes  
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There are no ________ in eukaryotes   Operons  
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Adds the RNA nucleotides   RNA polymerase  
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Translation occurs in   Ribosomes  
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Transcription occurs in   Nucleus  
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Replication occurs in   Nucleus  
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Amino acids are bonded together by _______ bonds   Peptide  
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Base pairs proved by   Chargaff  
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