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DNA and Genes

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Nucleotides   the small units or monomers, that make up DNA  
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Double Helix   model in two strands of wind DNA-around each other  
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Base Pairing Rules   the bases of the two DNA strands always pair up in the same way  
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Replication   the process by which DNA is copied during the cell cycle  
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DNA Polymers   a group of enzymes that bond the new nucleotides together  
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Central Dogma   molecular biolog which states hat information flowsa in one direction  
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RNA   or ribonucleic acid is a chain of nucleotides each made of a sugar a phosphate group and nitrogen containing base  
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Transcription   is the process of copying a sequence of DNA to produce a complementary strand of DNA  
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RNA Polymerases   enzymes that bond nucleotides together in a chain to make a new molecule  
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Messenger RNA   is an intermediate message that is translated to form a protien  
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Ribosomal RNA   forms part of ribosomes a cells protein factories  
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Transfer RNA   brings amino acids from the cytoplasm to a ribosome to make the growing protein  
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Translation   is the process that converts or translates an mRNA message into a polypeptide  
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Condon   is a three nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid  
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Stop Condons   signal the end of the amino acid chain  
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Start condons   signals the start of translation and the amino acid chain  
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Anticodon   is a set of three nucleotides that is complementary to an rna condon  
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