unit 8

What is the monomer (building block) of DNA and RNA?

phosphate

What is the full name of RNA?

What is the full name of DNA?

What is one very long DNA molecule and associated proteins?

What is a segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait?

What makes up the backbone (sides) of a DNA double helix?

What makes up the middle (rungs) of a DNA double helix?

What kind of bonds are formed between the nitrogen base pairs?

What kind of bonds are formed between amino acids in a protein?

What base does RNA have that DNA does not?

What base does DNA have that RNA does not?

What sugar is found in DNA?

What sugar is found in RNA?

What molecule is made in the nucleus to carry information from DNA out to the ribosome?

What molecule is responsible for getting the amino acids and taking them to the ribosome?

What kind of RNA makes up the ribosome & builds peptide bonds during translation?

What is the term for a set of three mRNA bases that code for one amino acid?

What is the term for a group of three bases on a tRNA molecule?

Where does transcription occur?

What does the central dogma of molecular biology state?

What is the actual site of protein synthesis?

What is the process of producing mRNA from a DNA template?

What is the process of decoding mRNA and producing a protein?

What is the general term for any change in DNA?

What is the term for an insertion or deletion that affects every codon that follows?

What is the term for a gene mutation that only impacts one nucleotide - usually due a single substitution?

What is the term for when chromosomes lose segments and they reattach to different chromosomes?

What is the term for when a segment of a chromosome breaks off and then reattaches backwards?

What is the monomer (building block) of proteins?