Know the terminology:
lipid, fatty acid, fat, oil, glyceride, soap, phospholipid, micelle, lipid bilayer, hydrophilic, hydrophobic, steroid, hormone
nucleic acid, DNA, RNA, m-RNA, t-RNA, r-RNA, nucleoside, nucleotide, base-pairing, ribosomes, replication, transcription, translation, codon, anticodon
Know the specific complementary base pairs:
A - T and G - C in DNA
A - U and G - C in RNA
Note - for quizzes and exams, you will be given the structures of the five nucleic acid bases (page 484) as well as the codon assignments (page 495)
recognize representative examples of mono-, di-, and triglycerides
recognize how and why soaps form micelles and the special solubilizing properties of micelles
recognize how and why phospholipids form bilayers and the special membrane properties of lipid bilayers
recognize the structural components of nucleotides and nucleic acids, including directionality (5' and 3' ends)
recognize the specificity of base pairing, leading to the double helix
understand the process of DNA replication
understand the process of RNA transcription of DNA information
understand the process of RNA translation of information into peptide synthesis
use the codon tables to identify amino acid codons and anticodons
follow the processes of replication, transcription, and translation, identifying and correlating base pairs with the resultant amino acids