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Bio Terms Pg. 366
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Biology
9th Grade
03/19/2014

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Polypeptide
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is a long chain of amino acids that makes proteins.
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Genetic Code
Definition
is a collection of codons of mRNA, each of which directs the incorporation of a particular amino acid into a protein during protein synthesis
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Codon
Definition
is a group of three nucleotide bases in mRNA that specify a particular amino acid to be incorporated into a protien
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Translation
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is the process by which the sequence of bases of an mRNA is converted into the sequence of amino acids of a protien
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anticodon
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is a group of three bases on a tRNA molecule that are complimentary to the three bases of a codon of mRNA
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Gene Expression
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is the process by which a gene produces its product and the the product carries out its function
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