Expert: Shane Stecklein - 12/15/2004

Question
WORD BANK

5' CAPS                            LYSIS
BACTERIA                           Mrna
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE            MUTANT TYPE
CODON                              NUCLEUS
CYTOPLASM                          PHENOTYPE
DNA POLYMERASE                     PLASMIDS
DOMINANT                           POLY A TAILS
EXON                               PRION
FAMILIAL FATAL INSOMNIA            RECESSIVE
GENE                               RIBOSOME
GENOTYPE                           RNA POLYMERASE
HELICASE                           SMALL POX
HERPES                             SNRPs
HETEROZYGOUS                       TELOMERES
HIV                                TRANSCRIPTION
HOMOLOGOUS                         TRANSLATION
INTRON                             tRNA
KLINEFELTER                        TURNER
KURU                               VIRUS
LIGASE                             WILD TYPE

1)These sequences of mRNA donot code for specific amino acids in a protein and are removed.
2) These sequences of mRNA donot code for amino acids but are seperated by noncoding regions.
3) These long strings of nucleic acids are added to the 5' ends of DNA for protection and acts as a cellular biological clock, regulating a cell's lifespan.
4) This is a specific region of a chromosome that will eventually be transcribed and translated into a specific protein.
5) This is a specific type of RNA that brings a specific amino acid to ribosome.
6) This is a specific type of RNA that is translated by a ribosome.
7) This is the location in the cell where transcription occurs.
8) This is the location in the cell where translation occurs.
9) This is the protein complex that actually translates mRNA.
10) This nonliving"thing" inserts DNA into a cell's genome and allows the cell to make all of its proteins and replicate its DNA.
11) This nonliving "thing" causes a change in brain cell's surface proteins.
12) This viral disease is found in humans.
13) This virus causes AIDS in humans.
14) This is the virus that causes chickenpox.
15) This prion disease is found in humans and is caused from eating monkey and human brains.
16) This is one way that viruses release themselves from their host cell.
17) This prion disease is inherited.
18) This prion disease is found in elk living in western Rocky Mountain states.
19) This type of organism reproduces by binary fission.
20) This piece of genetic material allows bacteria to rapidly develop antibiotic resistance

Answer
Hi Affie--

1.  Intron
2.  Exon
3.  Telomeres
4.  Gene
5.  tRNA
6.  mRNA
7.  Nucleus
8.  Cytoplasm
9.  Ribosome
10. Virus
11. Prion
12. Smallpox* or Herpes
13. HIV
14. Varicella-Zoster Virus (This is not in the word bank).
15. Kuru
16. Lysis
17. Familial Fatal Insomnia
18. Chronic Wasting Disease
19. Bacteria
20. Plasmid

*Smallpox DOES NOT cause chickenpox.

Hope that helps!

Shane