Question

Nucleic Acids, Transcription, Translation, Replication

Nucleic Acids

1. Nucleic acids are made up of __________. The two forms of nucleic acid are _________ and __________.
2. DNA is made of ________. The strands of DNA are held together by _______bonds between bases. Each adenine base is paired with a ________; and each _________ is paired with a ________. This form of base-pairing is called ________. DNA is organized as _______ inside the nucleus. The regions of the genome that code for a protein is called a _________.
3. RNA is made of __________. It is (single/double) stranded. _________ carries the codes that are responsible for making a protein. _________ transports amino acids; and ________ is a part of the ribosome. There are ________ codons which are formed by ______ nucleotides. Codons code for _______.

Transcription

1. Transcription describes the process of copying _______ into _________. The enzyme responsible for transcription is ___________. This process occurs in the ________. A single mRNA may code for several proteins due to __________ which is used to remove noncoding regions called _________.

Translations

1. Translation is the process of __________. The mRNA strand is read by the ________ which assembles the _________. The three steps of translation are _________. This process primarily occurs in the ________.

DNA replication

DNA replication occurs in the __________. In this process the DNA is unwounded by _________ and it is then copied by ___________. At the end of the process each new double-stranded DNA will have ____________. This is called _____________ replication

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