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20 Cards in this Set
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Transformation |
The act, state or process of changing, such as in form or structrun |
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Bacteriophage |
They are made out of an outer protein coat or capsid that encloses the genetic material |
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Nucleotide |
DNA is a long molecule made up of units |
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Base pairing |
adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine |
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Chromatin |
DNA and proteins tightly packed together |
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Hitstone |
Chromatin consists of DNA that is tightly coiled |
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Replication |
Duplicates its DNA |
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DNA polymerase |
Enzyme involved in DNA |
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Gene |
Coded DNA instructions |
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Messenger RNA |
The RNA molecules that carry copies |
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Ribosomal RNA |
Made up of several different proteins |
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Transfer RNA |
Specified coded messages |
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Transcription |
DNA into a complementary sequence |
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RNA polymerase |
Transcription needs enzyme |
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Promoter |
The enzyme will bind only to regions |
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Intron |
DNA of eukaryotic |
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Exon |
Codes for the proteins |
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Codon |
Three consecutive nucsecutive |
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Translation |
Decoding of a mRNA message |
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Anticodon |
Complementary to one mRNA codon |
