Topic 20: DNA Review

Genetic code found in the nucleus; blueprint of life

• DNA

• nucleotides

• RNA

• genes

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A's bind to T's; G's bind to C's

• codon

• double helix

• base-pair rule

• translation

carries message to ribosome for translation

• (m)RNA

• DNA

• hydrogen bonds

• transcription

the shape of DNA

• chromosomal mutation

• codon

• protein

• double helix

process by which DNA makes a copy of itself; semi-conservative process

• DNA replication

• RNA polymerase

• translation

• transcription

process where RNA is made from DNA

• transcription

• translation

• RNA polymerase

• point mutation

a point mutation that involves a deletion or addition, which results in a shift in the reading frames

• frameshift mutation

• point mutation

• chromosomal mutation

• proteins

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

segments of DNA that code for proteins/traits

• genes

• proteins

• DNA

• RNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

attaches to DNA and unzips double helix; codes RNA strand to match DNA template strand

• hydrogen bonds

• nucleotides

• RNA polymerase

• base-pair rule

building blocks of all organisms; chain of amino acids bound by peptide bonds

• DNA

• RNA

• protein

• genes

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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