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2307621597Adeninenitrogenous base in both DNA & RNA0
2307621598Amino AcidBuilding blocks of proteins1
2307621599Anticodontriplet of bases on the tRNA2
2307623007Codontriplet of bases on the mRNA, codes for a particular amino acid.3
2307623008Cytosinenitrogenous base in both DNA & RNA4
2307624859Deoxyribose5 carbon sugar in DNA5
2307624860DNADeoxyribose nucleic acid- located in the nucleus of a cell and contains genetic information.6
2307624861Double HelixDouble stranded shape of DNA7
2307625632GeneSequence of nucleotides on a chromosome.8
2307625633Guaninenitrogenous base in DNA & RNA9
2307627084Hydrogen BondBond that holds together nitrogenous bases.10
2307628441mRNAmessenger RNA; type of RNA that carries instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome. Templete for protein synthesis.11
2307628442Nitrogenous basesAdenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Uracil. Part of a nucleotide.12
2307629167Nucleic AcidDNA & RNA. Made up of nucleotides.13
2307629168NucleotideMake up DNA & RNA. Made of nitrogenous bases, 5 carbon sugar and phosphate.14
2307630249NucleusControl center of cell. DNA is located there.15
2307631349One gene-one polypeptide hypothesisA gene is a segment of DNA that codes for one polypeptide (protein).16
2307631350PhosphatePart of a nucleotide.17
2307632646ProteinMade up of a chain of amino acids.18
2307632647Protein SynthesisForming proteins based on information in DNA and carried out by RNA19
2307633780ReplicationProcess that DNA makes a copy of itself.20
2307633781RiboseSugar in RNA21
2307633782RibosomeLocation of protein synthesis in the cell.22
2307640265rRNARibosomal RNA23
2307640266TemplateA model, that can be used to make copies of that structure.24
2307641267ThymineNitrogenous base in DNA25
2307641268TranscriptionProcess that the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA26
2307643462tRNAtransfer RNA; type of RNA that carries amino acids to the ribosome27
2307646015UracilNitrogenous base in RNA28
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