NATS 1670 QUIZ 2 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2026
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What is a nucleotide? - Answers - Nitrogen base + sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) and
phosphate group
How are the nucliotide connected vertically? - answers - through phosphodiester bonds
What are the complementary base pairs - answers - a-t
G-c
What type of bond does the complementary base pairs have? - answers - double
hydrogen bonds
What is the backbone of DNA? - Answers - sugar and phosphate
What is the 3 prime end - Answers - where the phosphate group doesn't stick out
(shorter)
What is the 5 prime end? - Answers - when the phosphate group stick out
What are the sequence of nucleotides transcribed into, to release information? -
Answers - RNA
What is the central dogma? - Answers - DNA-transcription-RNA-translation-protein
What is transcription? - Answers - The process of making RNA from DNA, which is
releasing information contained in the DNA sequence
What is mrna? - Answers - messenger RNA carries the DNA message from the nucleus
to the ribosomes
What is rrna? - Answers - rrna is ribosomal RNA it helps put amino acids together in
chains.
Trna - Answers - transfer RNA; functional RNA molecule that serve as adapters in
translation
What is the promotor region? - Answers - Nucleotide sequence on the DNA to which
RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription
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What is a nucleotide? - Answers - Nitrogen base + sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) and
phosphate group
How are the nucliotide connected vertically? - answers - through phosphodiester bonds
What are the complementary base pairs - answers - a-t
G-c
What type of bond does the complementary base pairs have? - answers - double
hydrogen bonds
What is the backbone of DNA? - Answers - sugar and phosphate
What is the 3 prime end - Answers - where the phosphate group doesn't stick out
(shorter)
What is the 5 prime end? - Answers - when the phosphate group stick out
What are the sequence of nucleotides transcribed into, to release information? -
Answers - RNA
What is the central dogma? - Answers - DNA-transcription-RNA-translation-protein
What is transcription? - Answers - The process of making RNA from DNA, which is
releasing information contained in the DNA sequence
What is mrna? - Answers - messenger RNA carries the DNA message from the nucleus
to the ribosomes
What is rrna? - Answers - rrna is ribosomal RNA it helps put amino acids together in
chains.
Trna - Answers - transfer RNA; functional RNA molecule that serve as adapters in
translation
What is the promotor region? - Answers - Nucleotide sequence on the DNA to which
RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription