The Genetic Code Flashcards
1
Q
Gamow
A
discovered that codons consisted of three bases
2
Q
Nirenberg & Matthael
A
took a string a uracils to see what they coded for
confirmed that codons consist of three nucleotides
3
Q
Start Codon
A
AUG
methionine
4
Q
Stop Codons
A
UAA
UAG
UGA
5
Q
Open Reading Frame
A
entire continuous sequence of a gene that begins at a triplet start codon and ends at a triplet stop codon
6
Q
Reading Frames
A
reflects the way a nucleotide sequence can be read
-can be read on the first second or third nucleotide
7
Q
Frameshift Mutations
A
-nucleotides are added or removed from the sequence
