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DNA & Protien Synthesis Review
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Biology
9th Grade
03/02/2008

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Double Helix

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 It is a twisted ladder of double strands

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DNA

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A double-stranded type of nucleic acid

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 RNA

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  A single-stranded nucleic acid

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m-RNA

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 The type of RNA that is used during transcripition

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 t-RNA

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The type of RNA that carries amino acid to ribosome 

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 Complimentary base pairing

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 A cytosine always bonds to guanine & adenine always bonds to thymine in DNA

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Amino acid

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The building blocks of protein

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Nucleotide

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 The building block of nucleic acid

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Translation

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 The process where the m-RNA codes for the production of amino acids & protein

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 Transcription 

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The process in which DNA codes for the production of m-RNA 

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 Protein

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 The most abundant type of organic molecule in organisms

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 Gene

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 A sequence of DNA that codes for the production of proteins 

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Adenine

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It binds with thymine in DNA

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Cytosine

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 The base that always pairs with guanine

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 Uracil

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 The base that replaces thymine in RNA

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Ribose

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  The sugar that is found in the RNA

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Deoxyribose

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The sugar that is found in RNA

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