Protein Synthesis

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DNA is a

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What is DNA made up of?

• nucleic acids

• RNA

• nucleotides

• cells

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Adenine pairs with ​

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in DNA.

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When does DNA replication occur?

• During mitosis

• During meiosis

• After mitosis and meiosis.

• Before mitosis and meiosis.

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Where do the DNA strands unzip at during replication?

• Oxygen bonds

• Hydrogen bonds

• Carbon bonds

• Phosphate bonds

Protein Synthesis

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Gene Expression - when DNA is converted into a functional product.

Gene - segment of DNA that specifies a protein and/or an RNA molecule.

​​Gene Expression

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What is it called when DNA is converted into a functional product?

• Gene

• Transcription

• Gene Expression

• Translation

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What is the segment of DNA that specifies a protein and/or an RNA molecule?

• Gene Expression

• Transcription

• Translation

• Gene

Occurs during two steps:

• Transcription

• Translation

Protein Synthesis

The base sequences in the DNA segment is used to make messenger RNA (mRNA).

The RNA bases pair with the DNA bases to transcribe the DNA and form an mRNA strand.

Transcription

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The base sequences in the DNA are used to make ​

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When the mRNA bases and DNA bases pair up they form the ​

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mRNA strand.

organism.

DNA

protein.

DNA.

The base sequences in the mRNA molecule provides a code for amino acids.

The amino acids form a polypeptide chain that will become a protein.

Translation occurs at ribosomes in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

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Translation

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What does the base sequences in the mRNA code for?

• nucleotides

• lipids

• amino acids.

• enzymes.

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The amino acids form a ​ that will become a ​

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protein.

ribosomes

DNA.

mRNA.

organisms

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Translation occurs at ​

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