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Vocabulary
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Nucleic Acids
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Enzyme that unwinds &
separates the DNA
strands
Helicase
2
Double helix shape
DNA
3
Base with a double
carbon-nitrogen ring
Purine
4
Change in a DNA
nucleotide sequence
Mutation
5
Copies DNA and carries
the code to the
cytoplasm
mRNA
6
AUG
Start Codon
7
Globular Shaped RNA
making up ribosomes
rRNA
8
Region of DNA that
marks the start of a
gene in eukaryotes
Promoter
9
Process of copying DNA
in order to make
proteins
Transcription
10
Y-shaped point where
helicase separates the
two chains of DNA
Replication Fork
11
Base found on DNA, but
NOT found on RNA
Thymine
12
Base with a double
carbon-nitrogen ring
Purine
13
Sugar found in RNA
nucleotides
Ribose
14
Change in a DNA
nucleotide sequence
Mutation
15
Cytosine only pairs with
guanine
Base-Pairing Rule
16
Base found on RNA
ONLY
URACIL
17
Process of copying DNA
in order to make
proteins
Transcription
18
Globular Shaped RNA
making up ribosomes
rRNA
19
Process of reading mRNA
and assembling amino
acids to make proteins
TRANSLATION
20
Y-shaped point where
helicase separates the
two chains of DNA
Replication Fork
21
Bases with a single
carbon-nitrogen ring
Pyrimidine
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Base found on RNA
ONLY
URACIL
23
Enzyme that unwinds &
separates the DNA
strands
Helicase
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Sugar found in RNA
nucleotides
Ribose
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Double helix shape
DNA
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RNA that carries amino
acids to the ribosomes
for assembly into
polypeptides or proteins
tRNA
27
Base with a double
carbon-nitrogen ring
Purine
28
Three mRNA nucleotides
in a row that code for
an amino acid
Codon
29
Region of DNA that
marks the start of a
gene in eukaryotes
Promoter
30
Base found on DNA, but
NOT found on RNA
Thymine
31
Enzyme that helps
replicate DNA by adding
free nucleotides to the
template strand
DNA Polymerase
32
Process of making
identical copies of DNA
Replication
33
Process of reading mRNA
and assembling amino
acids to make proteins
TRANSLATION
34
AUG
Start Codon
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Copies DNA and carries
the code to the
cytoplasm
mRNA
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Cytosine only pairs with
guanine
Base-Pairing Rule
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RNA that carries amino
acids to the ribosomes
for assembly into
polypeptides or proteins
tRNA
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