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Ch.11 Vocab
Chapter 11 vocabulary biology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nitrogenous base | carbon ring structure that contains one or more atoms of nitrogen. |
| DNA replication | Process of copying DNA in the chromosomes |
| Messenger RNA | Type of RNA that brings instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the cell's cytoplasm. |
| Ribosomal RNA | RNA makes up the ribosomes, clamps onto mRNA that makes up the ribosomes and uses its information to assemble amino acids in the correct order. |
| Transfer RNA | RNA that transports amino acids to the ribosomes to be assembled into proteins. |
| Transcription | process in the cell nucleus where emzymes make an RNA copy of a DNA strand. |
| Codon | set of three nitrogenous bases that represents an amino acid |
| Translation | process of converting information in mRNA into a sequence of amino acids in a protein. |
| mutation | any change in the DNA sequence. |
| point mutation | a change in a single base pair in DNA |
| frameshift mutation | a single base is added to or deleted from DNA |
| chromosomal mutation | Structual changes in chromosomes |
| mutagen | any agent that can cause a change in DNA. |