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Dramatic change |
Transformation |
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One kind of virus that infects bacteria |
Bacteriophage |
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Units that make up DNA |
Nucleotides |
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Any pair of nucleotides connecting the complementary strands of a molecule of DNA or RNA and consisting of a purine linked to pyrimidire by hydrogen bonds. DNA=adenine-thymine, RNA=adenine-uracil |
Base pairing |
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DNA and protein packed together inside eukaryotic chromosomes |
Chromatin |
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Proteins that are tightly coiled around DNA |
Histones |
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Copying, results in each cell having a complete set of DNA molecules |
Replication |
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Principal enzyme in DNA replication that joins individual nucleotides to produce DNA molecule (or - a polymer) |
DNA polymerase |
DNA Polymerase |
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Coated DNA instructions that control the production of protein within the cells |
Gene |
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Messenger from DNA to the rest of the cells -carries the copies of instructions |
Messenger RNA |
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Ribosomes made up of protein as a form of RNA |
Ribosomal RNA |
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RNA molecules that transfers each amino acid to the ribosome as it specified by coded messages in an RNA |
Transfer RNA |
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Process of RNA molecules being produced by typing part of a nucleotide sequence of DNA and into a complementary sequence of RNA |
Transcription |
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Enzyme that transcription requires |
RNA Polymerase |
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Sequences of nucleotides contained in the DNA of eukaryotic cells |
Intron |
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DNA sequence that codes for proteins |
Extrons |
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Consists of three consecutive nucleotides that specifies single amino acid that's to be added to the polypeptide in mRNA |
Codon |
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Do you coating of an M RNA message into a polypeptide chain (protein) |
Translation |
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Three bases in tRNA in addition to amino acids |
Anticodon |
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Changes in the genetic material |
Mutation |
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Gene mutations involving changes in one or a few nucleotides |
Point mutation |
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A genetic mutation caused by Indals (inserts or deletions) of a number of nucleotides in DNA sequence that's not divisible by three |
Frameshift mutation |
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The condition in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes |
Polyploidy |
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A group of jeans that operate together |
Operon |
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The segment of DNA to which a transcription factor binds to regulate gene expression |
Operator |
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Cells become specialized in structure and function |
Differentiation |
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Series of genes that control the differentiation of cells and tissues in the embryo |
Hoc genes |
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