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Watson and Crick |
The two biologists who discovered the double-helix of DNA |
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DNA replication |
The process of producing two identical copies from one original DNA molecule |
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Transcription |
The process in a Cell by which genetic material is copied from a strand of DNA to the complementary strand of RNA |
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Translation |
Process by which messenger RNA specifies the sequence of amino acids for the protein synthesis |
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Messenger RNA |
An RNA that carries the code for particular protein from DNA to the ribosomes and acts as a template for the formation of the protein |
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Transfer RNA |
Small molecules that carry amino acids to the ribosome for polymerization into a polypeptide |
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Central dogma of molecular biology |
DNA ➡ RNA ➡ protien |
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Mutation |
An alteration in the sequence of nucleotides in DNA |
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Bacteriophage |
A virus that invades a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside of it |
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Retrovirus |
A virus that is composed of DNA but of RNA |
