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| The process of copying a sequence of DNA to produce a complementary strand of RNA. Only a gene's worth is transferred into a RNA message |
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| Transcription is catalyzed by this molecule and bond nucleotides together in a chain to make a new RNA molecule |
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| an intermediate message that is translated to form a protein |
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| forms part of ribosomes; a cell's protein factories |
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| brings amino acids from the cytoplasm to the ribosome to help make a growing protein |
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| The process that converts, or translates, an mRNA message into a polypeptide |
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| One or more of this makes a protein. They are small chains of amino acids |
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| 3 nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid |
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| A set of 3 nucleotides which is complementary to an mRNA codon |
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| DNA segment that allows a gene to be transcribed. Helps RNA polymerase find where the gene starts |
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| A DNA segment that turns a gene "on" or "off". It interacts with proteins that increase the rate of transcription or block transcription from occurring. |
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| a region of DNA that includes a promoter, an operator, and one or more structural genes that code for all the proteins needed to do a specific task. |
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| Nucleotide segments that code for part of a protein |
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| nucleotide segments that intervene between exons |
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| a change in an organism's DNA |
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| a mutation in which one nucleotide is substituted for one another |
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| involves the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide in a DNA sequence |
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| Translocation is a type of this. A piece of one chromosome is moves to another non-homologous chromosome |
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