In very general terms, what does a chromosome contain?
In very general terms, what are the two related functions of DNA?
What is the Central Dogma associated with information storage and retrieval?
What are the three processes of the central dogma?
How does DNA function as an information molecule?
In terms of molecular conformation, what occurs through the central dogma?
Formulate a biochemical Principle.
What are the differences between DNA and RNA?
What are the different types of RNA? What are the functions of the different types of RNA?
If we put all that together, and remembering that Watson and Crick found that structure begets function, we have the structure and function of nucleic acids:
Information Transfer -- DNA replication, transcription and translation.
What is replication?
What is the molecular basis for the precise duplication of the genome?
How is DNA replicated?
What has to happen to replicate DNA?
Is replication conservative or semi-conservative?
What does that mean?
Is replication uni-directional or bi-directional?
What is the major replication enzyme?
What is Transcription?
What is a gene?
What is a cistron?
What does polycistronic mean?
What's an operon?
Name 4 types of RNA.
What is their function?
What is the major transcription enzyme?
Is all of the gene transcribed?
What are exons and introns?
What is Translation?
Where does it occur?
What is the function of the ribosome?
What is the function of tRNA?
What is the structure or conformation of tRNA?
What is the genetic code?
What is the enzyme responsible for activating the amino acid by forming the aa-tRNA?
What is the mechanism of translation?
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