Exam 10: The Structure and Function of DNA

Flu vaccines have been demonstrated to protect the elderly,as shown in the figure below.Assume there is a sample of 100 elderly people that normally would be hospitalized in winter.How many of them would you predict would still be hospitalized in the winter if all 100 of them received the flu vaccine?

Peptide bonds form between ________.

DNA and RNA are polymers composed of ________ monomers.

Examine the genetic code table shown below.The codon AGC codes for the amino acid ________.

What is the smallest number of nucleotides that must be added or subtracted to change the triplet grouping of the genetic message?

In a DNA double helix,adenine pairs with ________ and guanine pairs with ________.

Which of the following enzymes is responsible for RNA synthesis?

A(n)________ is to bacteria as a ________ is to animal cells.

Please read the following scenario to answer the following questions. While working with cultured mouse cells, a researcher unknowingly treated the cells with a mutagen that causes the deletion or insertion of individual nucleotides in DNA. Subsequently, the researcher isolated and cultured a single cell from this group and noticed that the progeny of this cell were not producing a certain protein and that this affected their survival. -The mutation that resulted from the accident was probably ________.

Translation converts the information stored in ________ to ________.

If one strand of a DNA double helix has the sequence GTCCAT,what is the sequence of the other strand?

What type of chemical bond joins the bases of complementary DNA strands?

The backbone of DNA consists of ________.