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Last minute flashcard set

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Explain the structure of a nucleotide and the direction they are added

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Phosphate group + ribose/deoxyribose sugar + nitrogenous base

Nucleotides are linked from the 3’ carbon to the 5’ carbon

NEW nucleotides are added to the 3’ direction for the unlinked nucleotides

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Proteins synthesized by free ribosomes..
Proteins synthesized by ER ribosomes..

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ususally headed to the nucleus or mitochondria/chloroplast

Are usually used for glycolysis, structural proteins

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When transcribing DNA template strand..

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The ribonucleotides are added to the 3’ end through hydrogen bonding (between nucleotides) and phosphodiester bonds (between individual ribonucleotides)

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Explain the process of coiling in DNA

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It starts off with DNA which coils around histone proteins and then they get turned into chromatin fibre which keeps getting coiled and then a chromosome

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