Biochem chap 15

DNA stores information, RNA transfers information.

Which of the following correctly identifies the varying functions of DNA and RNA in cellular processes?

base pairs < double helix < nucleosomes < chromatin < chromosomes.

Which of the following correctly ranks the structural elements of DNA from the smallest to the largest?

5' dAGC 3'

Which of the following is a correctly written DNA trinucleotide?

Frameshift Substitution Deletion

Which of the following is a type(s) of mutation?

Denaturation

Which of the following is not a type of mutation?

Once for every 1,000,000,000 nucleotides.

After the replication process is complete, how often does an error occur?

Proteins, Nucleic acids

Amino acids are the building blocks for____, nucleotides are the building blocks of____.

the complete human DNA sequence has been mapped, and the genes for many proteins identified.

As the result of the Human Genome Project

transcribed, translated

DNA is __________________ to make RNA, which is then ________________ to make proteins.

3

How many nucleotides are contained in each codon?

2-deoxy-D-ribose

In DNA

D-ribose

In RNA

Phosphate ester bonds

Nucleic acids are formed when nucleotides join together through

5' end to the 3' end

Nucleic acids are identified by their sequence if the nitrogen bases, the sequence is listed from the

a nitrogen base, a monosaccharide, and a phosphate group

Nucleotides contain

Uracil

RNA contains a nucleotide that is not found in DNA. Which of these is it?

hydrogen bonding between complementary base pairs, and dispersion forces between nitrogen bases.

The double-stranded structure of DNA is held together by

double helix

The structure of DNA is a(n) ______________.

5'

To which of the monosaccharide carbons does the phosphate attach in a nucleotide?

RNA is a single-stranded nucleic acid.

Which of the following correctly describe RNA?

RNA has a OH and the second carbon and DNA has an H+

What is the difference between DNA and RNA?

A nucleotide has a phosphate group, and a nucleoside does not.

What is the difference between a nucleotide and a nucleoside?

parent strands, replication fork, daughter strands

When DNA is replicated, the ______________ divide at the ________________, and two ________________________ are formed.

dTCACTAAG (3' 5')

Which of the following correctly identifies the complementary DNA sequence of the following strand?