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| process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria | ||
| monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base | ||
| principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and betwen guanine and cytosine | ||
| granular material visible withing the nucleus; consists of DNA tightly coiled around proteins | ||
| copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA | ||
| enzyme involved in DNA replication that joins indicidual nucleotides to produce a DNA molecule | ||
| sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait | ||
| RNA molecule that carries copies of instructions for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell | ||
| type of RNA that makes up the major part of ribosome | ||
| type of RNA molecule that transfers amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis | ||
| process in which part of the nucleotide sequence of DNA is copied into a complementary sequence in RNA | ||
| enzyme similar to DNA polymerase that binds to DNA and separates the DNA strands during transcription | ||
| region of DNA that indicates to an enzyme where to bind to make RNA | ||
| three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid | ||
| decoding of a mRNA message into a polypeptide chain | ||
| group of three bases on a tRNA molecule that are complementary ro an mRNA codon | ||
| change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information | ||
| region of chromosome in an operon to which the reperssor binds when the operon is "turned off" | ||
| process in which molecule tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated to an area where they are less concentrated |
