1What does the genetic code determine?
Order of amino acids.
2What does "non-overlapping" mean?
Bases are read once, in triplets.
3What does "degenerate" mean?
More than one triplet codes for an amino acid.
4What does "universal" mean?
Same codons code for the same amino acids in all organisms.
5What does UAC code for?
Tyrosine.
6What does GUG code for?
Valine.
7What is the mRNA codon for cytosine?
UGU.
8What is a complementary DNA base pair for A?
T.
9What are complementary RNA bases for A and T?
U and A.
10What bonds RNA anticodons to mRNA?
Complementary base pairing.
11What is needed to interpret mRNA codons?
A codon-amino acid table.
12What do triplets of bases represent?
Codons for amino acids.
13What is the role of drugs targeting nucleic acids?
They inhibit protein synthesis.
14How do bacteria resist drugs over time?
Mutations protect the ribosome.
15What does the inhibition of translation block?
Protein synthesis.
16What is the effect of Drug 1 in the example?
No bacterial growth.
17What is the effect of Drug 2 in the example?
Reduced protein synthesis.
18What explains the genetic code’s universality?
Same codons across all organisms.
19What explains the non-overlapping code?
Bases read sequentially, not reused.