Biology Chapter 10.4 Terms and Definitions
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RNA | 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 5 carbon sugar present in RNA
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messenger RNA (mRNA) | a single-stranded RNA molecule that encodes the information to make a protein
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ribosomal RNA (rRNA) | 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 (tRNa) | no definition
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RNA Polymerase | an enzyme that starts (catalyzes) the formation of RNA by using a strand of 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 marks 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 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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