Definitions

Question 1

DNA

Answer 1

Nucleus acid that contains the genetic instructions used in development and functioning of all known living organisms with the exception of some viruses

Question 2

Protein

Answer 2

Organic compounds made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain and folded into a globular form

Question 3

Protein folding

Answer 3

Physical process by which polypeptides fold into its characteristic and functional three dimensional structure from a random coil

Question 4

Biomaterials

Answer 4

Materials existing in biological systems or generated synthetically in order to interact with biological systems

Question 5

Central dogma

Answer 5

The idea that genetic information flows from DNA sequence to RNA sequence to protein sequence