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Chapter 10 Vocab
Pgs 196, 200, 204
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Biology
10th Grade
09/19/2010

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Term
Nucleotide
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Five Carbon Sugar

Phosphate Group

Nitrogenous Base

Term
Deoxyribose
Definition
The five carbon sugar in a DNA nucleotide
Term
Nitrogenous Base
Definition
contains Nitrogen atoms and Carbon atoms and is a base.
Term
Purines
Definition
Bases that have a double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms such as adenine and guanine
Term
Pyrimidines
Definition
bases that have a single ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms such as cytosine and thymine
Term
Base pairing rules
Definition
the rules stating that cytosine pairs with guanine and adenine pairs the thymine in DNA and that adenine pairs with uracil RNA
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Complementary Base Pairs
Definition
contains one double ringed purine and one single ringed pyrimidine
Term
Base sequence
Definition
the order of nitrogenous bases on a chine of DNA
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DNA Replication
Definition
when DNa is copied in a cell before a cell divides by mitosis meiosis or binary fission
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Helicases
Definition
enzymes that separate from DNA strands
Term
Replication Fork
Definition
the Y shaped region that results what the two strands separate 
Term
DNA polymerases
Definition
enzymes that add completmentry nucleotides
Term
Semi conservative replication
Definition
the each new DNa double helix one strand is from the original molecule and one strand is new
Term
Mutation
Definition
a change in the nucleotide sequence of a DNA molecule
Term
Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)
Definition
the gene directs the making of the protein called melanin (a pigment) in hair follicle cells there an intermdeiate
Term
Transcription
Definition
when DNA acts as a template for the synthesis of RNA
Term
Translation
Definition
RNA directs the assembly of proteins
Term
Protein Synthesis
Definition
gene expression
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Ribose
Definition
RNA contains the sugar ribose
Term
messenger RNA (mRNA)
Definition
a single stranded RNA molecule that carries the instructions from a gene to make a protein
Term
ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
Definition
part of the structure of ribosomes
Term
transfer RNA (tRNA)
Definition
transfers amino acids to the ribosome to make a protein
Term
RNA polymerase
Definition
an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of RNA on a DNA template
Term
promoter
Definition
a specific nucleotide sequence of DNA where RNA polymerase binds and initiates transcriptions 
Term
Termination Signal
Definition
a specific sequence of nucleotides that marks the end of a gene
Term
Genetic Code
Definition
the term for the rules that relate how a sequence of nitrogenous bases in nucleotides corresponds to a particular amino acid
Term
Codon
Definition
each three-nucleotide sequence in mRNA that encodes an amino acid or signifies a start or stop signal
Term
Genome
Definition
the complete genetic content
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