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  1. A functional unit of prokaryotic DNA
    Operon
  2. A mutant cell having a nutritional need
    Auxotroph
  3. A tumor-causing agent in humans
    Carcinogens
  4. The polymerase that complementary binds new nucleotides (A,T,G,C) to a DNA template
    DNA
  5. AUG is an example (2 words)
    Start codon
  6. A cell able to produce all its nutritional needs
    Prototroph
  7. A nucleotide segment removed after transcription of a eukaryotice messenger RNA
    Intron
  8. UGA, UAA, or UAG is an example (2 words)
    Stop codon
  9. The _____ polymerase transcribes one strand of a gene
    RNA
  10. A fragment produced through discontinuous DNA replication
    Okazaki
  11. The genes transcribed in operon
    Structural
  12. A mutant cell that regains a physiological or biochemical property
    Revertant
  13. The ___ gene codes for a repressor protein
    Regulatory
  14. The number of bases in a codon
    3
  15. That portion of an operon where a repressor protein binds
    operator
  16. The sequence of bases that complementary binds to a codon
    Anticodon
  17. a permanent change in the DNA base sequence of a gene
    Mutation
  18. A sequence of 3 bases in a messenger RNA
    Codon
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Microbiology Cross
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Section 2
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