DNA, RNA, & PROTEINS REVIEW
(We did this one in class)

1. Making a copy of DNA is called _________________________.

2. Which nitrogen base isn’t used during this process?

3. Name the enzyme you learned about that adds the complementary nucleotides and spell checks to make sure the new copy is correct.

http://bio.usuhs.mil/biochem4.html

 

 

4. The beadlike bundles that form when DNA wraps up are called _________________.

   

 
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5. Name the protein in the center of the bundle that DNA wraps around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 6. This process of making copying an RNA message from the DNA code is called ____________________.

 

7. Tell where in the cell this happens in a eukaryotic cell.

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8. USE THE mRNA CODE WHEEL to tell the amino acid sequence coded for by the following message:

      U C A A A A U U C  

 

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9. Which kind of RNA has an ANTICODON region and carries the amino acids to the ribosome?  

10. B = ?

 

11. F = ?

 

12. C = ?  

 
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13. Tell one way DNA is different from RNA.

 

 

14. Name the genes that control the growth and differentiation of cells and the sequence of development in embryos.

 

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15. What do we call the small pieces of RNA that are edited out of the mRNA message before it is expressed?

 

 
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16.  DNA that is SPREAD OUT in the nucleus of NON-DIVIDING cells is called ________________.

 

17. When making DNA, CYTOSINE always pairs with _______________________.

18. Using an RNA message to make a protein is called _______________________.

19. Name  this subunit used to build DNA and RNA.

 

 


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20. Name the spot where RNA polymerase attaches to the DNA during TRANSCRIPTION.

 

 

21. Give the complementary DNA strand.

             A T T G C C A G C

 

22. NAME THIS KIND OF RNA.  

23. Name the molecule attached at the arrow. 

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24. An experiment conducted by Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase showed that _______________

       A. pneumonia kills mice

       B. Proteins carry the genetic code

       C. DNA can be transferred between bacteria

       D. DNA carries the genetic code

 

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25. PROTEIN SYNTHESIS could also be called ___________________.

 

26. Nitrogen bases made up of TWO RINGS are called

             ________________

 

 

27. The process in which one bacteria is changed by the transfer of genetic material from another bacteria is called _________________.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.life.uiuc.edu/bio100/lectures/s97lects/16GeneControl/lac_operon_ind.GIF
 28. Tell where the REPRESSOR binds to the lac operon to turn it off.

 

29. In what kind of cell would you find a TATA box to control genes.

                    PROKARYOTE                EUKARYOTE

 

 

 

 

 

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 30. Name this kind of mutation.

 

31.  TRUE OR FALSE:

       ALL MUTATIONS ARE HARMFUL.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 32. Name this subunit used to build PROTEINS.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

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33.    E = ?

 

34. Name the nucleic acid that is double stranded and contains deoxyribose sugar.

 

35. Name the woman whose X-ray images of DNA helped James Watson and Francis Crick to figure out the structure of DNA.


 

 

 

 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

 

 

 

 



http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/watsoncrick.html

 36. Name the enzyme involved with TRANSCRIPTION.

CHECK ANSWERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1.replication
2. uracil
3. DNA polymerase
4. nucleosome
5. histone
6. transcription
7.  in nucleus
8.  serine-lysine-phenylalanine
9.  tRNA
10. mRNA
11. codon
12. ribosome
13.

DNA
Double stranded
contains deoxyribose sugar
A,T,G,C
No uracil
Carries genetic information
Stays in nucleus		 RNA
Single stranded
contains ribose sugar
A,U,G,C
No thymine
Carries info from DNA to cytoplasm; 
helps with protein synthesis
Made in nucleus; works in cytoplasm


14. hox genes
15. introns
16. chromatin
17. guanine
18. translation
19. nucleotide
20. promoter
21. T A A C G G T C G
22. tRNA
23. amino acid
24. D- DNA carries the genetic code
25. translation
26. purines
27.  transformation
28. operator
29. Eukaryotes have TATA boxes
30. inversion
31. False; mutations that increase survival and reproduction can be helpful
32. Amino acid
33. anti-codon
34. DNA
35. Rosalind Franklin
36. RNA polymerase