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| (deoxyribonucleic Acid) the nucleic molecule that governs the process of heredity |
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| A compound of carbon,hydrogen,oxygen,nitrogen and sometimes sulfur that is essential to living organisms |
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| the language that translates the sequence of nitrogen bases (codons) in DNA (mrna) into the amino acids of a protien. |
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carries the correct amino acids to the ribosome during the translation period in peptide (protien) sythesis |
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Ribonucleic Acid
the nucleic acid involved in the sythesis of protiens |
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| A part of the TRNA and is complimentary to the MRNA codon |
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| The process of creating an exact copy of a DNA molecule |
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| the second part of protien synthesis where the instuctions in the MRNA are used to build the protien |
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| The unit making up the nucleic acids. cosist of a sugar,Base and a Phosphate. |
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| The set of 3 nitrogenous bases that code for an amino acid or a stop signal in a gene |
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| The first stage of gene expression where a strand of MRNA is produce.(complimentary to the DNA) |
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The nucleic acid that make up the Ribosome. The linear strand of RNA that remains associated with the ribosome |
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| The sum of all DNA carried in an organisms cell |
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The strand of RNA that takes the genetic information from the nucleus to the ribosome in the cytoplasm during transcripton
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| The process in which a cell builds protiens following instructions coded in DNA. consists of transcription and translation |
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| Q: What makes up Nucleotides? |
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1. Carbon sugar (deoxyribose)
2. Phosphate
3. nitogenous Bases |
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| Q: Which nitrogenous base compliments Adenine? |
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| Q: Which nitrogenous base compliments Cytosine? |
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| Q: in an amino acid, what replaces the nitogenous base thymine? |
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| Q: What is Chargiffs rule? |
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| A: In DNA, Adenine is equal to Thymine and the amount of Cytosine is equal to Guanine Therfore A-T and C-G |
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Q: What are the 3 key differences between RNA and DNA?
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1. RNA single stranded- DNA double
2. RNA has Uricil instead of Thymine
3. RNA contains ribose instead of deoxyribose |
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