Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Genome -- Contains all genetic
instructions
- Chromosome -- Makes
up the Genome, made of
DNA
- DNA -- Tightly bound, Double-helix structure that
forms Chromosomes and contains Genes
- Double-helix -- Two strands of
alternating sugars and phosphates with
nitrogenous bases lying like rungs on a
ladder, connecting the strands. These
strands resemble a staircase, so they are
called 'Double-helix'
- Nitrogenous Bases
-- Composed of
Adenine &
Guanine (Purines)
as well as Thymine
& Cytosine
(Pyrimadine)
- Genes -
Sequences within
DNA that act as
instructions to
create proteins or
do not create
proteins
- Transcription - Creates
RNA out of DNA template
- RNA -- Single strand structure that is
involved in protein synthesis. Contains the
nitrogenous base Uracil, instead of Thymine
- Messenger RNA
(mRNA) -- Single
strand sequence
that contains
Codons/Exons (but
not Introns) for
creating specific
Amino Acids
- Single strand -- One strand of
alternating sugars and
phosphates with nitrogenous
bases between them
- Translation -- Process within the Ribosome
(created from rRNA) that uses instructions
(from mRNA) to create polypeptides from amino
acids (carried by the tRNA)
- Polypeptide -- When there are many Amino acid's
within a Polypeptide, Proteins are created
- Protein -- Complex
structure that performs
many functions for the
human body
- Exons & Introns --
Exons are genes that
make proteins, they
become mRNA.
Introns are genes that
don't make proteins,
they get pulled out of
the RNA sequence
- Codon --
Sequence of
nucleotides on
an mRNA strand
- Transfer RNA (tRNA) -- Carries
Amino acids to ribosomes for
Translation
- Anticodon --
Complementary
Codon to a
specific Codon
on the mRNA
strand
- Amino acid -- Make
up Polypeptides
- Ribosomal
RNA (rRNA) --
Contains
instructions
to create
Ribosomes
for
Translation