DNA Flashcards

(42 cards)

1
Q

What is A?

A

Adenine

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2
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What is G?

A

Guanine

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3
Q

What is C?

A

Cytosine

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4
Q

What is T?

A

Thymine

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5
Q

What group are Adenine and Guanine part of?

A

Purines

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6
Q

How many rings are the purines?

A

Double Ringed

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7
Q

What group are Cytosine and Thymine in?

A

Pyrimidines

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8
Q

How many rings are the Pyrimidines

A

Single Ringed

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9
Q

In DNA, what does C go to?

A

G

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10
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In DNA, what does T go to ?

A

A

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11
Q

In DNA, what does G go to?

A

c

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12
Q

In DNA, what does A go to?

A

T

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13
Q

In RNA, what does A go to?

A

U

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14
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In RNA, what does U go to?

A

A

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15
Q

What is a DNA?

A

A deoxyribose sugar
A phosphate group
Nitrogen base containing AGCT
Double helixed

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16
Q

What are AGCT?

A

Nitrogenous bases

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17
Q

What is RNA?

A
Ribose sugar
Phosphate group
Nitrogenous base containing AGCU
Single stranded
3 types
18
Q

What are the three types of RNA?

19
Q

What is mRNA?

A

Messenger RNA

20
Q

What is tRNA?

21
Q

What is rRNA?

A

Ribosomal RNA

22
Q

What is the first step of transcription?

A

RNA polymerase binds to DNA promoter site

23
Q

What is the second step of transcription?

A

Add complementary RNA nucleotides (U–A)

24
Q

What is the third step of transcription?

A

DNA termination sequence signals gene end

25
What is the fourth step of transcription?
RNA polymerase releases DNA and RNA
26
What is a polypeptide?
A sequence of amino acids
27
What is the start codon?
AUG
28
What is a codon?
3 mRNA nucleotides code
29
What does the START codon do?
starts translation
30
What is the START codon?
AUG
31
What does the STOP codon do?
stops translation
32
How many STOP codons are there?
3
33
What are the three STOP codons?
UAA, UAG, UGA
34
What does the tRNA do?
Binds specific amino acids
35
T or F, is tRNA an anticodon?
True
36
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
Where As are Ts
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What is nondisjunction?
Gametes have 1 more or less chromosome
38
What is monosomy?
45 chromosomes
39
What is Turner's syndrome?
XO
40
What is trisomony?
47 chromosomes
41
What is a tumor?
Uncontrolled cell division
42
What is metastasis?
when cancer cell breaks off and spreads