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Biology Chapter 10

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What is DNA made up of?   DNA is made up of repeating subunits of nucleotides.  
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3 Parts of a DNA nucleotide.   Sugar (deoxyribose), phosphate (phosphorus), and 1 of 4 nitrogen containing bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine).  
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Purines   Adenine and guanine.  
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Pyrimidines   Cytosine and thymine.  
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Double Helix   Watson and Crick came up with a model of a double helix for the structure for DNA.  
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Signifying nitrogen bases with letters   Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), Thymine (T).  
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Complementary base pairs   C-G, T-A.  
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Replication   Process of copying DNA in a cell.  
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Original sequence of DNA   ATTCCG  
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New nucleotide chain   TAAGGC  
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Mutation   A change in the nucleotide sequence.  
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What is RNA responsible for?   RNA is responsible for the movement of genetic information from the DNA in the nucleus to the site of protein synthesis in the cytosol.  
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Structure of RNA   Consists of sugar (ribose), phosphate, nitrogen containing bases.  
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How does RNA differ from DNA?   The sugar in is ribose, thymine is not present, uracil is, and RNA is single stranded.  
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Types of RNA   1. Messenger RNA (mRNA) 2. Transfer RNA (tRNA) 3. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)  
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Messenger RNA   Consists of RNA nucleotides in the form of a single uncoiled chain. It carries genetic information from DNA in the nucleus to the cytosol (cytoplasm).  
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Transfer RNA   Binds to specific amino acids. There are about 45 varieties. Consists of a single strand chain pf about 80 RNA nucleotides folded into a hairpin shape that binds to specific amino acids.  
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Ribosomal RNA   Most ubundant form. Consists of RNA nucleotides in a globular form. When joined by proteins, it makes up the ribosomes where proteins are made.  
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Transcription   The process by which genetic information is copied from DNA to RNA.  
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Promoters   These marks the beginning and continues until it reaches a termination signal.  
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mRNA   Moves through the pores of the nuclear membrane into the cytosol where it will direct protein synthesis.  
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Protein Synthesis   This is the production of proteins.  
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Proteins   Proteins are polymers. Made up of one or more polypeptides. May consist of thousands of amino acids arranged in a particular sequence.  
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Genetic Code   Correlation between a nucleotide sequence and an amino acid sequence.  
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What does the genetic code do?   Used by most organisms to translate mRNA transcripts into proteins.  
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Codon   A codon is 3 mRNA nucleotides.  
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What does a codon do?   It codes for a specific amino acid. A few codons do not code for amino acids at all. These codons signal for translation of an mRNA to start or stop.  
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Start Codon   AUG  
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Stop Codon   UAA, UAG, UGA.  
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Translation   The process assembling polypeptides from information encoded in mRNA.  
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