Sort These Nucleotide Building Blocks By Their Name Or Classification.

Sort these nucleotide building blocks by their name or classification.

Sort the parts of a nucleic acid according to whether they occur exclusively in DNA or RNA, or if they occur in both forms of nucleic acid.

What is the abbreviation for deoxythymidine-5'-monophosphate?

Name the nucleotide dAMP with its complete name.

deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate

During DNA replication, an open section of DNA, in which a DNA polymerase can replicate DNA, is called a _______.

replication fork

________ are the short sections of DNA that are synthesized on the lagging strand of the replicating DNA.

Okazaki fragments

After replication is complete, the new DNAs, called _______ , are identical to each other.

daughter DNA

The new DNA strand that grows continuously in the 5' to 3' direction is called the _________.

leading strand

The enzyme that can replicate DNA is called _______.

DNA polymerase

Which of the following is a major function of nucleic acids?

storage and transfer of genetic information

DNA is primarily located in what part of the cell?

nucleus

A region on the DNA strand that carries the information needed for the synthesis of a specific protein is called a gene.

What are the repeating units in nucleic acids?

nucleotides

The chemical combination of ribose and one of the five nitrogen bases results in formation of a

nucleoside.

A nucleotide is composed of a ________ with a ________ added to it.

nucleoside; phosphate group

Which base is normally found in RNA but not in DNA?

uracil

The sugar found in an RNA nucleotide is ________.

D-ribose

The backbone of a nucleic acid molecule consists of

alternating sugar and phosphate groups linked by phosphate ester bonds.

What is the complementary strand for a single DNA strand with the sequence TCGA?

AGCT

The process of manufacturing an identical copy of a DNA molecule is called

replication.

A codon is

a sequence of three nucleotides in RNA that codes for a specific amino acid or for chain termination.

The process in which information from DNA is used to manufacture RNA is called

transcription.

When a new strand of RNA is transcribed from the DNA strand shown, its base sequence will be
Informational strand of DNA: TTACGGAT
Template strand of DNA: AATGCCTA

UUACGGAU

Translation is

making a protein molecule based on information contained in RNA.

Which of the following represents the correct order in the flow of genetic information?
A.) rRNA β†’ mRNA β†’ tRNA
B.) mRNA β†’ tRNA β†’ proteins
C.) mRNA β†’ DNA β†’ proteins
D.) rRNA β†’ mRNA β†’ proteins
E.) DNA β†’ mRNA β†’ proteins

E.) DNA β†’ mRNA β†’ proteins

Pair up the nucleotide bases with their complementary partners.

Write the complementary sequence for the following DNA sequence, in order from 3' to 5':
5β€²βˆ’CGATATTGAGCTAAGCTTβˆ’3β€²

3β€²βˆ’ GCTATAACTCGATTCGAA βˆ’5β€²

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