bio etymology chapter 9

transcription
- trans- across
- scribe/script- writing
- transcription- the copying of info from DNA to RNA
translation
- trans- across
- late- side
- translation- the conversion of info from one form (nucleic acid sequence) to another (amino acid sequence)
intron
- inter- between
- intron- noncoding segments that intervene between exons of mRNA
exon
- ex/exo- out or outside
- exon- coding segments of mRNA
bacteriophage (also called "phage")
- phage- devour
- bacteriophage- viruses that infect bacteria, named for their ability to destroy bacteria although they did not actually eat them
lytic
- lytic- dissolving or destroying
- lytic viral infections destroy cells
lysogenic
- lyso- dissolving or destroying
- genic- producing
- lysogenic- viruses that can remain dormant in cells and may become lytic

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