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Viruses that infect bacteria
Bacteriophage
Consists of 3 parts that helpĀ make up DNA: 5 carbon sugar, phosphate group, & nitrogenous base
Nucleotide
Cytosine-Guanine
Adenine-Thymine
Base pairing rules
Process where DNA is copied in a cell before a cell divides by mitosis, meiosis, or binary fusion
DNA replication
Add complementary nucleotides to each of the original strands
DNA Polymerase
Change in the nucleotide sequence of a DNA molecule
Mutation
DNA acts as a template for the synthesis of RNA
Transcription
RNA directs the assembly of proteins
Translation
Forming proteins based on information in DNA &n carried out by RNA (also called gene expression)
Protein Synthesis
Single stranded RNA molecule that carries instructions from a gene to make a protein
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Part of the structure of
ribosomes
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
Transfers amino acids to the ribosome to make a protein
Transfer RNA (tRNA)
Term for the rules that relate to how a sequence of nitrogenous bases in nucleotides corresponds to a particular amino acid
Genetic Code
Each 3-nucleotide sequence in mRNA that encodes an amino acid or signifies a start or stop signal
Codon
2 nucleotides on the RNA that are complementary to the sequence of a codon in mRNA
Anti-Codon
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Ch. 10 Vocab
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Sparks Sophomore Year
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