DNA Structure, Protein Synthesis and Mutations

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What do the pentagons in a DNA structure represent?

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Sugar

Front

What is a change in a gene or chromosome that results in a change in proteins called?

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Mutations

Front

What do the dotted lines between nitrogenous bases (A, T, C, G) represent?

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Hydrogen bonds

Front

What is the process of going from mRNA to a protein called?

Back

Translation

Front

What is a change in a DNA sequence from ACGTGGCA to AGTGGCA best described as?

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Frameshift

Front

What are the building blocks of DNA?

Back

Nucleotides

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What are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA?

Back

Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G)

Front

What type of bond holds the two strands of DNA together?

Back

Hydrogen bonds

Front

What is the role of mRNA in protein synthesis?

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mRNA carries the genetic information from DNA to the ribosome for protein synthesis.

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What is the process of copying DNA called?

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Replication