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chapter 10

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Definition
Base-pairing rules   the rules stating that cytosine pairs with guanine and adenine pairs with thymine in DNA, and that adenine pairs with uracil in RNA  
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Bacteriophage   virus that infects bacteria  
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Nitrogenous Base   an organic base that contains nitrogen, such as a purine or pyrimidine; a subunit of a nucleotide in DNA and RNA  
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Deoxyribose   a five-carbon sugar that is a component of DNA nucleotides  
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Nucleotide   in a nucleic-acid chain, a subunit that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base  
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Transformation   the transfer of genetic material in the form of DNA fragments from one cell to another or from one organism to another  
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Virulent   describes a microorganism or virus that causes disease and that is highly infectious  
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Purine   a nitrogenous base that has a double-ring structure; one of the two general categories of nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA; either adenine or guanine  
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Pyrimidine   a nitrogenous base that has a single-ring structure; one of the two general categories of nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA; thymine, cytosine, or uracil  
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Complementary base pair   the nucleotide bases in one strand of DNA or RNA that are paired with those of another strand; adenine pairs with thymine or uracil, and guanine pairs with cytosine  
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Base sequence    
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DNA Replication   the process of making a copy of DNA  
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Helicase   an enzyme that separates DNA strands  
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Replication fork   Y-shaped point that results when the two strands of a DNA double helix separate so that the DNA molecule can be replicated  
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DNA Polymerase   an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of the DNA molecule  
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Semi-conservative replication   in each new DNA double helix, one strand is from the original molecule, and one strand is new  
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Mutation   a change in the nucleotide-base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule  
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Ribonucleic acid   a natural polymer that is present in all living cells and that plays a role in protein synthesis  
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Transcription   the process of forming a nucleic acid by using another molecule as a template; particularly the process of synthesizing RNA by using one strand of a DNA molecule as a template  
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Translation   the portion of protein synthesis that takes place at ribosomes and that uses the codons in mRNA molecules to specify the sequence of amino acids in polypeptide chains  
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Protein synthesis   the formation of proteins by using information contained in DNA and carried by mRNA  
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Ribose   a five-carbon sugar present in RNA  
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Messenger RNA   a single-stranded RNA molecule that encodes the information to make a protein  
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Ribosomal RNA   an organelle that contains most of the RNA in the cell and that is responsible for ribosome function  
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Transfer RNA   an RNA molecule that transfers amino acids to the growing end of a polypeptide chain during translation  
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RNA Polymerase   an enzyme that starts (catalyzes) the formation of RNA by using a strand of a DNA molecule as a template  
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Promoter   a nucleotide sequence on a DNA molecule to which an RNA polymerase molecule binds, which initiates the transcription of a specific gene  
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Termination signal   a specific sequence of nucleotides that mark s the end of a gene  
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Genetic code   the rule that describes how a sequence of nucleotides, read in groups of three consecutive nucleotides (triplets) that correspond to specific amino acids, specifies the amino acid sequence of a protein  
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Codon   in DNA, a three-nucleotide sequence that encodes an amino acid or signifies a start signal or a stop signal  
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Anticodon   a region of tRNA that consists of three bases complementary to the codon of mRNA  
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Genome   the complete genetic material contained in an individual  
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