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| 270926699 | anticodon | Base triplet at one end of a tRNA molecule that recognizes a particular complementary codon on an mRNA molecule | |
| 270926700 | bacteriophage | A virus that infects bacteria | |
| 270926701 | codon | Three-nucleotide sequence of DNA or mRNA that specifies a particular amino acid or termination signal | |
| 270926702 | DNA polymerase | Enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of new DNA by the addition of nucleotides to the existing chain | |
| 270926703 | exon | A coding region of a eukaryotic gene | |
| 270926704 | intron | A noncoding, intervening sequence within a eukaryotic gene. | |
| 270926705 | lysogenic cycle | Phage replication cycle in which the virus does not kill the host | |
| 270926706 | lytic cycle | Type of viral replication cycle resulting in the release of new phages by death or lysis of the host cell. | |
| 270926707 | mutation | Rare change in the DNA of a gene ultimately creating genetic diversity. | |
| 270926708 | prophage | Viral genome that has been inserted into a specific site on the bacterial chromosome. | |
| 270926709 | reading frame | The way a cell's mRNA-translating machinery groups the mRNA nucleotides into codons. | |
| 270926710 | retrovirus | An RNA virus | |
| 270926711 | reverse transcriptase | Enzyme encoded by some RNA viruses that uses RNA as a template for DNA synthesis. | |
| 270926712 | RNA polymerase | Enzyme that links together the growing chain of ribonucleotides during transcription | |
| 270926713 | RNA splicing | The removal of noncoding portions of the RNA molecule after initial synthesis | |
| 270926714 | start codon | Specific three-nucleotide sequence (AUG) to which an initiator tRNA molecule binds | |
| 270926715 | terminator | A sequence of nucleotides in DNA that marks the end of a gene | |
| 270926716 | transcription | The synthesis of RNA on a DNA template. | |
| 270926717 | translation | The synthesis of a polypeptide using the genetic information encoded in an mRNA molecule | |
| 270926718 | translocation | When the RNA carrying the growing polypeptide moves from the A site to the P site on the ribosome. | |
| 270926719 | triplet code | Set of three-nucleotide-long words that specify the amino acids for polypeptide chains |
