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Gene
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an extended segment of a larger molecule of double stranded DNA
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codon
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within the gene, each three nucleotides codes for one amino acid in the protein
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transcription
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the process of making RNA
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translation
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process that constructs a protein with specific sequence of amino acids in mRNA
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ribosomes
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cellular workbenches where proteins are synthesized
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tRNA
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43 different versions that read the nucleotide sequence of RNA, called cloverleaf structure
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anticodon
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3 nucleotides that are bracketed at the bottom of tRNA to attach to mRNA
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alleles
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different version of the same gene
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