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Chapter 10
Term | Definition |
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Deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA |
Sugar, Phosphate, & Base | Parts of DNA nucleotide |
Deoxyribose | Sugar -in DNA |
Phosphorous | Phosphate |
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine | Nitrogen Containing Bases |
DNA is made up of... | Repeating subunits of nucleotides |
Purines made up of 2 rings of carbon | Adenine & Guanine |
Pyrimidines that have only 1 ring of carbon | Cytosine & Thymine |
Structure of DNA | Double Helix |
C-F , T-A | Complimentary base pairs |
(A) (G) (C) (T) | Letters used to signify nitrogen bases - Adenine, Guanine Cytosine & Thymine |
Process of copying DNA | Replication |
Enzymes that bind to the separated chains of DNA during replication | DNA Polymerase |
A T T C C G | original sequence of DNA |
T A A G G C | Nucleotide chain formed during replication |
A correlation between a nucleotide sequence and an amino acid sequence | Genetic Code |
AUG | start codon |
UAA | stop codon |
UAG | stop codon |
UGA | stop codon |
3 mRNA nucleotides | codon |
the loop opposite of the site of amino acids attachments bears a sequence of three nucleotides | anti codon |
the process of assembling polypeptides from information encoded in mRNA | translation |
mutation is caused by... | a change in nucleotide sequence |
the process of copying DNA | replication |
process by which genetic information is copied from DNA to RNA | transcription |
3 types of RNA | mRNA, tRNA, rRNA |
mRNA | consist of RNA nucleotides in the form of a single uncoiled chain |
rRNA | most abundant form of RNA |
tRNA | binds to a specific amino acid |
the production of protiens | protein synthesis |