Chapter 4 Flashcards
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Nucleotide contains
Phosphate sugar base
Subnits of DNA
Nucleotide
4 bases
Thymine adenine guanine cytosine
Scientist
Chargaff
Franklin
Watson and crick
DNA shape
Twisted ladder aka double helix
Side of ladder made of
Sugar and phosphate
Rungs made of
Pair of bases
Pairing bases allow cells to
Reproduce
Each base will only pair withe one other
Complementary base
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine
DNA splits to create
New copy
String of nucleotides that give cell info about how to make a trait
Gene
A chromosome is
DNA wound around protein
DNA fits in cells by
Wound around protein coiled into strands and bundled up
3 bases code for
Amino acid
String of amino acids is a
Gene
DNA is a set of instructions for making
A protein
Proteins are
Chemical triggers/messengers for cell processes
RNA help changed DNA into proteins by caring it from the To the.
Nucleus
Outside of the cell
Mutations are
Changes in DNA sequence
Types of mutations
Insertion
Deletion
Substitution
Ge is the. Of genes
Manipulation