| Study guide for Ch 10 test // |
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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 |