Flashcards in Chapter 9 -1 Deck (10):
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What is the central flow of info?
DNA->RNA->Protein
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What does RNA contain?
single polynucleotide strand
ribose sugar
uracil instead of thymine
3
What works as a disposable gene?
RNA
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What are the three types of RNA?
mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
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What are the 2 steps DNA takes to become a protein?
Transcription & Translation
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What is transcription?
gene is copied into a mRNA
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What is translation?
mRNA is translated into a protein
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What does transcription produce?
a single strand of mRNA containing the gene info
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What does RNA polymerase add?
free complementary ribonucleotides to one DNA template strand
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