DNA & Protein Synthesis

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What is the process in which DNA makes an exact copy of itself?

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Replication

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What sugar is found in RNA?

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Ribose

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What determines the code of a DNA molecule?

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The order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases.

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What is one difference between DNA and RNA?

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RNA contains the base Uracil.

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What is the three base sequence of mRNA that codes for a single amino acid?

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Codon.

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What are the building blocks of DNA?

Back

Nucleotides.

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What are the four nitrogen bases found in DNA?

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Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine.

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What is the role of mRNA in protein synthesis?

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mRNA carries the genetic information from DNA to the ribosome.

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What is transcription?

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The process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA.

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What is translation in the context of protein synthesis?

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The process of decoding mRNA to synthesize proteins.