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STEELE
STEELE--RNA & DNA CHPT 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| TRANSFORMATION | PROCESS IN WHICH ONE STRAIN OF BACTERIA CHANGES INTO ANOTHER ONE |
| BACTERIOPHAGE | VIRUS THAT INFECTS BACTERIA |
| HISTONE | PROTEIN THAT DNA MAKES A COP OF ITSELF |
| REPLICATION | PROCESS IN WHICH DAN MAKES A COPY OF ITSELF |
| DNA POLYMERASE | THE PRINCIPAL ENZYME INVOLVED IN DNA REPLICATION |
| PROMOTER | SIGNAL IN DNA THAT INDICATED TO AN ENZYME WHER TO BIND TO MAKE RNA |
| INTRONS | SECTIONS OF RNA MOLECULES THAT ARE REMOVED BEFORE A EUKARYOTIC GENE BECOMES FUNCTIONAL |
| CODONE | THREE NUCLEOTIDES THAT SPECIFY A SINGLE AMINO ACID TO BE ADDED TO THE POLYPEPTIDE |
| MUTATION | A CHANGE IN GENETIC MATERIAL |
| POLYPLOIDY | CONDITION OF HAVING EXTRA SET OF CHROMOSOMES |
| OPERON | A GROUP OF GENES THAT OPERATE TOGETHER |
| DIFFERENTIATION | PROCESS IN WHICH CELLS BECOME SPECIALIZED IN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION |
| NUCLEOTIDE | MADE UP OF THREE PARTS: A DEOXYRIBOSE SUGAR, A PHOSPHATE GROUP AND A NITROGENOUS BASE |
| BASE PAIRING | PRINCIPLE THAT STATES THAT HYDROGEN BONDS CAN FORM ONLY BETWEEN CERTAIN BASES IN DNA |
| CHROMATIN | EUKARYOTIC CHROMOSOMES CONTAIN BOTH DNA AND PROTEIN TIGHTLY PACKED TOGETHER |
| TRANSCRIPTION | RNA MOLECULES ARE PRODUCED BY COPYING PART OF THE NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE OF DNA INTO A COMPLEMENTARY SEQUENCE IN RNA |
| RNA POLYMERASE | ENZYME THAT USES ONE STRAND OF DNA AS A TEMPLATE TO ASSEMBLE NUCLEOTIDES INTO A STRAND OF RNA |
| EXONS | AFTER INTRONS HAVE BEEN CUT OUT OF RNA MOLECULES, THESE ARE WHAT REMAIN TO BE SPLICED TOGETHER |
| HOX GENES | CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANS AND TISSUES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE EMBRYO |
| ANTI-CODON | THREE BASES ON THE TRNA MOLECULE THAT ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO ONE OF THE MRNA CODONS |