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Ch. 11.2 - From DNA to protein
From DNA to protein
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Biology
10th Grade
03/22/2011

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Messenger RNA
Definition
RNA that transports information from DNA in the nucleus to the cell cytoplasm
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Ribosomal RNA
Definition
RNA that makes up the ribosomes: clamps onto mRNA and uses its information to assemble amino acids into the correct order
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Transfer RNA
Definition
RNA that transports amino acids to the ribosomes to be assembled into proteins
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Transcription
Definition
process in the cell nucleus where enzymes make an RNA copy of a DNA strand
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Codon
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set of three nitrogen bases that represents an amino acid: order of nitrogen bases in mRNA determines the type and order of amino acids in a protein
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Translation
Definition
process of converting information in mRNA into a sequence of amino acids in a protein
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