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| 2414127171 | nucleotides | Basic units of DNA molecule, composed of a sugar(ribose/deoxribose), a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base ( guanine, adenine, thymine, cytosine, uracil) |  | 0 |
| 2414161216 | nucleic acids | DNA and RNA |  | 1 |
| 2414161217 | polymer | A long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked together. |  | 2 |
| 2414161218 | monomer | A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers | | 3 |
| 2414161458 | nucleus | Control center of the cell |  | 4 |
| 2414161708 | nitrogenous base | A molecule found in DNA and RNA that encodes genetic information in cells. |  | 5 |
| 2414161709 | phosphate group | A molecule in the backbone of DNA and RNA that links adjoining bases |  | 6 |
| 2414162447 | deoxyribose/ribose | types of sugar found in DNA/RNA |  | 7 |
| 2414162448 | double helix | The form of native DNA, referring to its two adjacent polynucleotide strands wound into a spiral shape. |  | 8 |
| 2414162449 | thymine | A component of nucleic acid that carries hereditary information in DNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base. |  | 9 |
| 2414162633 | adenine | (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA |  | 10 |
| 2414162634 | cytosine | A component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base. |  | 11 |
| 2414162635 | guanine | A component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a purine base. |  | 12 |
| 2414162766 | urasil | Nitrogenous base that appears only in RNA instead of thymine |  | 13 |
| 2414162767 | purines | Adenine and Guanine |  | 14 |
| 2414163063 | pyrimidines | cytocine, thymine, and uracil |  | 15 |
| 2414163064 | helicase | An enzyme that untwists the double helix of DNA at the replication forks. |  | 16 |
| 2414163065 | polymerase | A method of producing thousands of copies of DNA segment using the enzyme DNA polymerase |  | 17 |
| 2414163100 | codon | A three-nucleotide sequence of DNA or mRNA that specifies a particular amino acid or termination signal; the basic unit of the genetic code. |  | 18 |
| 2414163237 | amino acid | Building blocks of protein |  | 19 |
| 2414163252 | transcribed | Language of DNA is ____ to language of RNA (process) |  | 20 |
| 2414163557 | translation | (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm |  | 21 |
| 2414163558 | ribosomes | Cytoplasmic organelles at which proteins are synthesized. |  | 22 |
| 2414163591 | cytoplasm | A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended |  | 23 |
| 2414163849 | mRNA, tRNA, rRNA | messenger RNA, transfer RNA, ribosomal RNA |  | 24 |
| 2414163858 | messenger, transfer, ribosomal | 3 types of RNA | | 25 |
| 2414164393 | anticodon | group of three bases on a tRNA molecule that are complementary to an mRNA codon |  | 26 |
| 2414164917 | initiation, elongation, termination | three stages of transcription |  | 27 |
| 2414164918 | mutagen | A chemical or physical agent that interacts with DNA and causes a mutation. |  | 28 |
| 2414165218 | substitutions, deletions, insertions | manipulation of DNA that causes mutations |  | 29 |
| 2414165219 | silent mutations | Is when a mutation is there, but does not change the normal gene function. It has no effect on the amino acid produced by a codon because of redundancy in the genetic code. |  | 30 |
| 2414165447 | frameshift mutation | A mutation occurring when the number of nucleotides inserted or deleted is not a multiple of three, resulting in the improper grouping of the following nucleotides into codons. |  | 31 |
| 2420172803 | polypeptide | A long chain of amino acids |  | 32 |
