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15 Cards in this Set
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two long chains of nucleotides
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DNA
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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DNA
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contains deoxyribose, phosphate group attached to 5' carbon & ring shaped nitrogenous base attached to 1' carbon
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DNA
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Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine
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DNA
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takes shape of double helix
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DNA
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adenine pairs with thymine
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DNA
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chains of double helix are antiparallel
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DNA
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one chain of ribonucleotides
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RNA
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ribose with phosphate group attached to 5' carbon & a ring chaped nitrogenous base attached to 1' carbon
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RNA
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Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil
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RNA
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carries coded genetic information from DNA in nucleus to ribosomes in cytoplasm
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mRNA
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can exist as a long, single strand
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RNA
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can exist as a twisted structure with hairpin loops
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RNA
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holds ribosome subunits together during protein synthesis
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rRNA
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binds to specific amino acid in cytoplasm & delivers it to a ribosome to be incorporated into a growing polypeptide
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tRNA
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