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25 Cards in this Set
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Hydrogen Bases
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Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
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Codon
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Three letters, on the RNA, codes for a protein.
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Anticodon
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Letters that are the opposite of the codon
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Deoxyribose
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5 sided sugar on the DNA
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Amino Acids
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Carried by tRNA and a long chain of these make a protein.
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Helicase
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Enzyme that untwists the DNA
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Lagging Strand
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Strand with Okazaki Fragments
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Leading Strand
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Strand that goes through replication, smoothly without fragments
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mRNA
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Carries messages on how to build a protein
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Nucleotide
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Contains a base, sugar, and a phosphate
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Protein
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Chains of amino acids
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Okazaki Fragments
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Fragments on the lagging strand caused by DNA polymerase
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Replication
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Copying of DNA
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Ribosomes
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Where RNA comes together to make a protein
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Start Codon
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AUG
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Replication Fork
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The shape that is made when helicase untwists the DNA
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RNA Polymerase
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Copies one strand of DNA for RNA
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Uracil
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Replaces Thymine in RNA
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Ligase
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Joins the Okazaki fragments
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Transcription
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The process of making a strand of RNA
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Repressor
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Serves as a block for genes. Can be turned off
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Operator
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This is the place of the repressor. Controls on/off switch.
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Watson and Crick
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Scientists who discovered the shape of the DNA. Won a Nobel Prize.
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Lactose
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Molecule that causes the repressor to fall off
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Lac Operon
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In the e-coli bacteria, proteins digests lactose
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