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BIOS2150 Microbiology Review Questions & Answers

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Review Questions Leading and lagging strands are always referring to the new DNA on the inside If this is a nucleotide that wants to join a new strand of DNA, which part joins the new strand? 5� ... � end (phosphate) Which part of the nucleotide is going to dock into the parent strand? 3’ nitrogen base Protein Synthesis – terminology • Recall that proteins are made of amino acids • Triplet - a series of 3 DNA nucleotides that code for 1 amino acid o If you stack a bunch of triplets together you create a gene • Gene – a long series of nucleotides in a chromosome that codes for 1 protein • The DNA molecule contains hundreds of genes • There is not room within the nucleic acid to create protein RNA (Section 10.3) • RNA’s job is to help DNA with protein synthesis • A molecule that assists DNA in protein synthesis • RNA = Ribonucleic acid • Contains the sugar ribose, and a phosphate group • The four bases are adenine, uracil, cytosine, and guanine • If RNA bonds to DNA o RNA – DNA o A – T o U – A o G – C o C – G • If RNA bonds to another RNA o A – U o U – A o G – C o C – G [Show More]

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