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Dna
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chargoff | scientist who determined the rules for the pairing of bases in DNA |
| Franklin | scientist who used x-rays to determine that DNA was a helix |
| Watson and Crick | pair of scientists wo determined the 3-D structure of DNA |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid; the nucleic acid that carries instructions for making protiens |
| nucleotide | the building blocks of DNA and RNA; composed of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base |
| deoxyribose | the sugar that helps to make up the nucleotides of DNA |
| double helix | a twisted ladder; desribes the structure of DNA |
| adenine | a nitrogen base found in DNA and RNA; abbreviated A |
| cytosine | a nitrogen base found in DNA and RNA; abbreviated C |
| guanine | a nitrogen base found in DNA and RNA; abbreviated G |
| thymine | a nitrogen base found in DNA and RNA; abbreviated T |
| replication | the process of creating an exact copy of DNA |
| complementary strand of DNA | the strand of DNA that "matches" the original strand of DNA during replication |
| genetic code | information carried from generation to generation by DNA |
| RNA | the nucliec acid responsible for building proteins |
| ribose | the sugar that helps to make up the nucleotides of RNA |
| uracil | a nitrogen base found only in RNA; abbreviated U |
| mRNA | messenger RNA; carries information from the DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm |
| tRNA | transfer RNA; carries the amino acids from the cytopasm to the ribosomes |
| rRNA | ribosomal RNA; helps to assemble the amino acids into proteins |
| codon | found on mRNA; a 3 letter code that determines the |