BSC 108 Exam 3 Study Guide 100% Correct | Verified 2024 Version
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BSC 108 Exam 3 Study Guide | 100%
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DNA is composed of ____ subunits. - Nucleotide
DNA has a ____ backbone covalently bonded to _____-containing bases -
Sugar-phosphate
Nitrogen
A DNA molecule contains how many strands of DNA?
These strands form what? This me...
BSC 108 Exam 3 Study Guide | 100%
Correct | Verified | 2024 Version
DNA is composed of ____ subunits. - ✔✔Nucleotide
DNA has a ____ backbone covalently bonded to _____-containing bases - ✔✔
Sugar-phosphate
Nitrogen
A DNA molecule contains how many strands of DNA?
These strands form what? This means that they are _____. - ✔✔
2
A double helix
Complementary
What are the nitrogen-containing bases? - ✔✔
Adenine
Guanine
Thymine
Cytosine
The nitrogen-containing bases of the two strands are held to each other by ____ - ✔✔Hydrogen bonds
Adenine always pairs with _____ - ✔✔Thymine
Cytosine always pairs with _____ - ✔✔Guanine
, How does a molecule of DNA replicate? - ✔✔One parent molecule that has two complementary strands
separates
Each strand is used as a template to make a new strand
Each of the two daughter molecules will be composed of one "old" (parent) strand and one "new" strand
The two parent strands separate at the ____ - ✔✔Origin of replication
Synthesis of two new complementary strands occurs in the _____ using the ____ as templates -
✔✔Replication bubble
Parent strands
The replication bubbles merge as DNA replication progresses in both directions at the ______ -
✔✔Replication forks
An organism's DNA leads to specific traits by _____ - ✔✔Dictating the synthesis of proteins
What is the structure of RNA? - ✔✔Ribose + A nitrogenous base + A phosphate group (A, G, C, U)
____ is a single-stranded nucleic acid - ✔✔RNA
RNA contains ____ instead of thymine - ✔✔Uracil
RNA contains ____ instead of deoxyribose - ✔✔Ribose
What are the 3 types of RNA? - ✔✔mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
What is the function of mRNA? - ✔✔Carries the genetic information copied from DNA
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