DNA+and+Protein+Synthesis

Vocabulary you must know DNA, RNA, nucleotide, nucleic acid, nitrogen base, nitrogen base pair, adenine, thymine, uracil, guanine,cytosine, double helix, Watson and Crick, messenger RNA, transfer RNA ribisomal RNA, codon, anticodon, peptide bond, protein synthesis, ribosome, amino acid, polypeptide, protein, complementary strand, replication, transcription, translation, semiconservative. Mutation, mutant, mutagen, point mutation, frameshift mutation, chromosomal mutation, somatic cell, gamete

Info Book chapter 11 [|Zerobio online protein synthesis activity and quiz] __ACTIVITIES__ [|PBS link for document]

[|DNA intro]

Activity [|Quizlet study aid]

[|DNA replication] [|Transcription and translation practice]

Lab [|Online extraction of DNA] [|Find the dna inside you]

Extra Credit Project

Questions you must be able to answer. Date
 * 1) Draw and label DNA molecule. (Done)
 * 2) How does the amount of adenine compare to the of thymine in any organism?
 * 3) Which nitrogen base is found in RNA and not DNA?
 * 4) What is DNA replication?
 * 5) Why is the replication process described as being semi conservative?
 * 6) Replicate the __#|following__ DNA strand: ATCGTAGGAACTAGC

Date
 * 1) Compare and contrast the structure of DNA and RNA.
 * 2) How is DNA transcribed to mRNA?
 * 3) Where does transcription occur?
 * 4) Transcribe the following DNA strand to mRNA: ATCGTAGGAACTAGC.
 * 5) Where does mRNA go after it leaves the nucleus?
 * 6) What is a codon?
 * 7) How is a mRNA codon chart used to determine an amino acid?

Date
 * 1) What is tRNA?
 * 2) What is an anticodon?
 * 3) If the codon is ACU what is the complementary anticodon?
 * 4) How is a strand of mRNA translated into a protein?
 * 5) What does each codon represent?
 * 6) What type of bond holds the amino acids making up a protein together?

Date
 * 1) What is a mutation?
 * 2) What is a point mutation? Give an example
 * 3) What is a frameshift mutation? Give an example.
 * 4) What are the four types of chromosomal mutation?
 * 5) What are mutagens? Give examples
 * 6) Could a mutation in a somatic cell be passed on to future generations? Expain.
 * 7) Could a mutation in a gamete be passed on to future generations