Activity No. 4: Application: Transcribe and Translate Objective: Demonstrate the concept of complementary base pairing. Directions: Given the strand of DNA on a chromosome having the sequence of bases indicated below. Transcribe the message stored in the given DNA strand. Then translate the message into amino acid.
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Term Meaning
RNA (ribonucleic acid) Single-stranded nucleic acid that carries out the instructions coded in DNA
Central dogma of biology The process by which the information in genes flows into proteins: DNA → RNA → protein
Polypeptide A chain of amino acids
Codon A sequence of three nucleotides that corresponds with a specific amino acid or start/stop signal during translation
Transcription Process during which a DNA sequence of a gene is copied to make an RNA molecule
Translation Process during which an mRNA molecule is used to assemble amino acids into polypeptide chains
Mutation A change in a genetic sequence
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