14.2 Vocab

Question 1

Polypeptide

Answer 1

Long chain of amino acids that makes proteins

Question 2

Genetic Code

Answer 2

Collection of codons of mRNA, each of which directs the incorporation of a particular amino acid into a protein during protein synthesis

Question 3

Codon

Answer 3

Group of three nucleotide bases in mRNA that specify a particular amino acids to be incorporated onto a protein

Question 4

Translation

Answer 4

Process by which the sequence of bases of an mRNA is converted into the sequence of amino acids of a protein