Course Content - Unit Materials

Unit 13 - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis

Objectives:

Be able to draw the structure of nucleotide when given the structures of the nucleotide bases.
Be able to describe the structural differences between DNA and RNA
Be able to show how nuceotides are linked together by phosphodiester bonds to form nucleic acids.
Be able to describe the base pairing between nucleotides.
Be able to describe the process of DNA replication.
Be able to describe the process of transcription, whereby a DNA template is used to produce a strand of RNA.
Be able to describe he relationships between DNA, mRNA and protein sequences.
Be able to describe the process of protein synthesis.
Be able to describe the effects of the different types of DNA mutation on protein synthesis.

Readings

Class Overheads, Fall 2015

7.-9. Dec., 2015

Homework

Chem 150 - Fall 2015