Anticipatory Guide: Gene expression and Cancer

DNA controls the cell by instructing it when and how to make different

• nucleotides

• proteins

• fatty acids

• carbohydrates

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

• the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases
• the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases
• the color of the nitrogen bases
• the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of adenine present is always equal to the amount of _________.

• cytosine
• guanine
• thymine
• uracil

A segment of DNA that codes for a trait

• gene

• allele

• chromosome

• chromatid

A process in which DNA has the unique ability to make an exact copy of itself.

• Replication

• Translation

• Transcription

• Protein Synthesis

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base
• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, protein

True or False: All of your body cells contain the same genes.

• True

• False

DNA holds the code for (DNA makes)

• lipids
• carbohydrates
• protein
• sugar

Amino acids are joined together in order to form...

• DNA

• ribosomes

• proteins

• RNA

Which is the organelle that makes proteins?

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Rough ER

• Golgi Apparatus