Life Science Chapter 3A

Front

DNA has instructions that tell the cell how to build what?

Back

Proteins

Front

What shape is DNA?

Back

Double Helix

Front

James Watson and Francis Crick often get credit for discovering the shape of DNA, but who gets left out?

Back

Rosalind Franklin

Front

The sides of the DNA "ladder" are made up of what two things?

Back

Sugar and Phosphate

Front

What makes up the "steps" of the DNA ladder

Back

Bases

Front

A binds with __

Back

T

Front

C binds with

Back

G

Front

The ____ of the bases determines what protein is built

Back

Order

Front

Section of DNA that has the instructions to build ONE protein

Back

Gene

Front

Group of 3 nucleotides in a gene that makes one amino acid

Back

Codon