Quiz Microbial Genetics Tortora

Microbiology Torta,Funke,Case Ch. 8 - Microbial Genetics

Microbiology Tortora,Funke,Case Ch. 8 - Microbial Genetics

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Answer

Science of heredety, how

information is carried and
replicated

Genetics

The genetic information within a

cell

Genome

A cell's genetic information is

organized into _________? They
contain DNA.

Chromosomes

Chromosomes contain _________,

Genes
which are segments of DNA.
DNA is a macromolecule
Nucleotides
composed of these repeating units.
Each nucleotide includes these
three things.

A nitrogenous base (adenine,

thymine, cytosine, guanine),
deoxyribose (a pentose sugar), and
a phosphate group.

Name the four bases in DNA

Adenine, thymine, cytosine,

guanine

The shape of a DNA molecule.

Double helix

Structure of each strand of DNA.

Sugar-phosphate backbone with a

nitrogenous base attached to each
sugar in the backbone.

Holds together the two strands of

DNA

Hydrogen bonds between the

nitrogenous bases

Nitrogenous bases that always

connect to each others in DNA

Base pairs: Adenine pairs with

Thyamine; cytosine pairs with
guanine

Why are paired DNA strands

always complementary ?

The specific base pairing requires

that each strand match the other's
corresponding bases

Where is genetic information

encoded?

The linear sequence of bases along

a strand of DNA: Average gene has
1000 bases.

The rules that determine how a

nucleotide sequence is converted