WJEC AS Biology B400QS · C1.5
Nucleic acids and their functions
- Code
- C1.5
- In
- C1 Component 1: Basic Biochemistry and Cell Organisation
- Course
- AS Biology B400QS
- Board
- WJEC
Codes and titles are read by a script from WJEC's published specification and have not been checked by a person. What each point covers is in the specification itself: WJEC’s specification.
Points under C1.5
- C1.5(a) The structure of nucleotides (pentose sugar, phosphate, organic base)
- C1.5(b) The importance of chemical energy in biological processes
- C1.5(c) ATP as an energy carrier
- C1.5(d) The structure of ATP
- C1.5(e) Structure of nucleic acids
- C1.5(f) The similarities and differences in the structure of RNA and DNA
- C1.5(g) Functions of DNA: replication and protein synthesis
- C1.5(h) Semi-conservative replication of DNA
- C1.5(i) The term genetic code
- C1.5(j) The triplet code for amino acids
- C1.5(k) Exons and introns
- C1.5(l) The transcription of DNA to produce messenger RNA
- C1.5(m) Translation and transfer RNA
- C1.5(n) The 'one gene-one polypeptide' hypothesis
- C1.5(o) The further modification and combination of some polypeptides