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Study guide for Ch 10 test //
Chapter 10
- know the struture of DNA; what is a nucleotide made of? what are pyrimidines, purines? what bases go together?
- how did Watson & Crick come up with the "double helix" model of DNA?
- describe the steps in DNA replication; what are the enzymes that are involved? Who was Chargaff and what discovery did he make?
- what does it mean when you say that DNA is "antiparallel"?
- how do you determine what is the 5' and the 3' ends of DNA?
- what are the three main differences between RNA and DNA?
- what is the function of the following: mRNA, tRNA and rRNA?
- know how to transcribe a sequence of DNA into mRNA and then translate it into amino acids
- know how to read the CODON CHART to figure out the AA
- describe the process of protein synthesis (translation): what happens during INITIATION, ELONGATION and TERMINATION (know the steps that we went over in class - see p. 263)
- what is the shape of tRNA? what is an anti-codon?
- describe the shape and parts of a ribosome

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