Molecular Genetics Flashcards
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| 2307621597 | Adenine | nitrogenous base in both DNA & RNA |  | 0 |
| 2307621598 | Amino Acid | Building blocks of proteins |  | 1 |
| 2307621599 | Anticodon | triplet of bases on the tRNA |  | 2 |
| 2307623007 | Codon | triplet of bases on the mRNA, codes for a particular amino acid. |  | 3 |
| 2307623008 | Cytosine | nitrogenous base in both DNA & RNA |  | 4 |
| 2307624859 | Deoxyribose | 5 carbon sugar in DNA |  | 5 |
| 2307624860 | DNA | Deoxyribose nucleic acid- located in the nucleus of a cell and contains genetic information. |  | 6 |
| 2307624861 | Double Helix | Double stranded shape of DNA |  | 7 |
| 2307625632 | Gene | Sequence of nucleotides on a chromosome. |  | 8 |
| 2307625633 | Guanine | nitrogenous base in DNA & RNA |  | 9 |
| 2307627084 | Hydrogen Bond | Bond that holds together nitrogenous bases. |  | 10 |
| 2307628441 | mRNA | messenger RNA; type of RNA that carries instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome. Templete for protein synthesis. |  | 11 |
| 2307628442 | Nitrogenous bases | Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Uracil. Part of a nucleotide. |  | 12 |
| 2307629167 | Nucleic Acid | DNA & RNA. Made up of nucleotides. |  | 13 |
| 2307629168 | Nucleotide | Make up DNA & RNA. Made of nitrogenous bases, 5 carbon sugar and phosphate. |  | 14 |
| 2307630249 | Nucleus | Control center of cell. DNA is located there. |  | 15 |
| 2307631349 | One gene-one polypeptide hypothesis | A gene is a segment of DNA that codes for one polypeptide (protein). |  | 16 |
| 2307631350 | Phosphate | Part of a nucleotide. |  | 17 |
| 2307632646 | Protein | Made up of a chain of amino acids. |  | 18 |
| 2307632647 | Protein Synthesis | Forming proteins based on information in DNA and carried out by RNA |  | 19 |
| 2307633780 | Replication | Process that DNA makes a copy of itself. |  | 20 |
| 2307633781 | Ribose | Sugar in RNA |  | 21 |
| 2307633782 | Ribosome | Location of protein synthesis in the cell. |  | 22 |
| 2307640265 | rRNA | Ribosomal RNA |  | 23 |
| 2307640266 | Template | A model, that can be used to make copies of that structure. |  | 24 |
| 2307641267 | Thymine | Nitrogenous base in DNA |  | 25 |
| 2307641268 | Transcription | Process that the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA |  | 26 |
| 2307643462 | tRNA | transfer RNA; type of RNA that carries amino acids to the ribosome |  | 27 |
| 2307646015 | Uracil | Nitrogenous base in RNA |  | 28 |