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| 1. Nucleotides are composed of these 3 subunits. |
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| 1) PENTOSE SUGAR (RIBOSE OR DEOXYRIBOSE), 2) NITROGEN BASE, 3) PHOSPHATE GROUP |
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| 2. Nucleosides are composed of these 2 subunits. |
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| 1) PENTOSE SUGAR, 2) NITROGENOUS BASE |
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| 3. The major role of _____ is the formation of energy-rich compounds like ATP, GTP and UTP. |
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| 4. Nucleotides are built from molecules called _____ or _____ bases. |
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| 1) CYTOSINE, 2) URACIL, 3) THYMINE |
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| 7. The genetic code for specific amino acids is encoded in the sequencing of 3 base pairs called a _____. |
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| 8. DNA contains these 4 base pairs. |
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| 9. RNA contains these 4 base pairs. |
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| 10. Cytosine and guanine contain _____ hydrogen bonds between them. |
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| 11. Adenine and thymine contain _____ hydrogen bonds between them |
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| 12. Adenine and uracil contain _____ hydrogen bonds between them. |
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| 13. DNA is made up of 2 polynucleotide chains joined by _____. |
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| 14. _____ is the sugar base of DNA on which the base pairs are attached. |
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| 15. DNA is synthesized by _____. |
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| 16. Replication Is both _____ in that it begins at a sit of origin and simultaneously moves out in both directions, and _____ in that after replication each daughter molecule contains an intact parent strand and one newly synthesized strand joined by base pairs. |
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| BIDIRECTIONAL; SEMICONSERVATIVE |
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| 17. _____ catalyzes the synthesis of DNA. |
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| 18. _____ serves as the primer for DNA polymerase. |
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| 19. These 4 things serve as the precursors for DNA replication. |
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| 1) ATP, 2) CTP, 3) GTP, 4) TTP |
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| 20. RNA is different from DNA in these 3 ways. |
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| 1) SINGLE STRANDED, 2) URACIL INSTEAD OF THYMINE, 3) RIBOSE INSTEAD OF DEOXYRIBOSE |
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| 21. RN is synthesized through a process called _____. |
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| 22. Transcription is initiated by an _____ which does not require a primer like DNA. |
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| 23. Transcription involves a _____ template. |
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| 24. These 4 things serve as precursors to transcription. |
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| 1) ATP, 2) CTP, 3) GTP, 4) UTP |
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| 25. 3 steps of protein synthesis. |
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| 1) MRNA MOVES OUT OF THE NUCLEUS INTO THE CYTOPLASM CARRYING THE CODE TO THE RIBOSOME, 2) TRNA BRINGS AMINO ACIDS TO THE RRNA IN THE RIBOSOMES IN HE ROUGH ER, 3) TRANSCRIPTION OF RNA OCCURS, FOLLOWED BY TRANSLATION |
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| 26. Cell death results in the release of DNA and RNA producing _____. |
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| 27. Xanthine is converted by _____ to _____. |
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| XANTHINE OXIDASE INTO URIC ACID |
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| 28. Excess uric acid production results in _____. |
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