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DNA
DNA flash cards
Term | Definition |
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Base Pairings in DNA | Adenine: Thymine ; Cytosine: Guanine |
DNA | Molecule that determines heredity |
Replication | DNA makes a copy of itself |
Translation | Determining the nitrogen base sequence in a protein |
Transcription | DNA comes apart and makes a strand of mRNA |
mRNA | Takes the genetic code from DNA in the nucleares to ribosomes |
tRNA | Brings amino acids to the ribosomes |
Codon | 3 nitrogen bases that codes for an amino acid |
Anticodon | 3 nitrogen bases on tRNA |
Mutation | Change in DNA |
Double Helix | Shape of the DNA molecule |
Nucleotides | Subunits that make up DNA and RNA |
Uracil | Found in mRNA but not DNA |
Thymine | Found in DNA but not RNA |