DNA and the language of life

What is the structure of DNA?

Name of sugar found in RNA

A nucleotide is a ________ for nucleic acids like DNA and RNA

Transcribe this: CATTGCGAT

True or False: RNA is double stranded?

What enzyme is responsible for step 2 of DNA replication

A gene is a segment of DNA that codes for a particular ________ .

DNA strands have a ___________ backbone

Proteins are made where in the cell?

What is the central Dogma

What does RNA stand for?

What happens in transcription

What is a three- based word that codes for one amino acid

True or False: a codon can represent more than one amino acid

Transcribe and Translate: GCT

Transcribe and Translate:ATT

Transcribe and Translate:GCTATCCGTGGCATT

______ is a copy of the gene for instructions to make a protein

Specific triplet of bases at the end of a tRNA molecule

Which category of mutations is the most disastrous?

The Human Genome Project is an ongoing effort to analyze the _____________ sequence

What is formed when a plasmid is now a combination of it's original and new DNA

Give two examples of Genetic Engineering

Selective breeding involves ______________:crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of both organisms

Mutations are ______________ changes in DNA

What does a transgenic organism contain?

Name one example of a Transgenic organism?

What is a clone?

How are RNA and DNA different

What is the product of DNA Replication?

What is an example of selective breeding?

What was the name of a clone that we learned about in class

To manipulate DNA scientists cut DNA with...

To manipulate DNA scientists separate DNA with...

Cross species make _______

Structural Subunit(building block) of DNA and RNA

Section of DNA that forms a particular strand of mRNA

What is a polypeptide chain?

Purine base that pairs with Cytosine