COMPLETE ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
What is a nucleotide? - ✔✔Nitrogen base + sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) and
phosphate group
HOW ARE THE NUCLIOTIDE CONNECTED VERTICALLY? -
✔✔THROUGH PHOSPHODIESTER BONDS
WHAT ARE THE COMPLEMENTARY BASE PAIRS - ✔✔A-T
G-C
WHAT TYPE OF BOND DOES THE COMPLEMENTARY BASE PAIRS
HAVE? - ✔✔DOUBLE HYDROGEN BONDS
What is the backbone of DNA? - ✔✔sugar and phosphate
What is the 3 prime end - ✔✔where the phosphate group doesn't stick out
(shorter)
, What is the 5 prime end? - ✔✔when the phosphate group stick out
What are the sequence of nucleotides transcribed into, to release information? -
✔✔RNA
What is the central dogma? - ✔✔DNA-transcription-RNA-translation-protein
What is transcription? - ✔✔The process of making RNA from DNA, which is
releasing information contained in the DNA sequence
What is mRNA? - ✔✔messenger RNA carries the DNA message from the
nucleus to the ribosomes
what is rRNA? - ✔✔rRNA is ribosomal RNA it helps put amino acids together in
chains.
tRNA - ✔✔transfer RNA; functional RNA molecule that serve as adapters in
translation
What is the promotor region? - ✔✔Nucleotide sequence on the DNA to which
RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription
Identifies the region of the DNA molecule that