4.4 Flashcards
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Role of mRNA
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To carry protein information from the DNA in a cell’s nucleus to the cell’s cytoplasm
2
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Role of tRNA
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Serves as a link (or adaptor) between the messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule and the growing chain of amino acids that make up a protein.
3
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Role of rRNA
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Reads the order of amino acids and linking amino acids together
4
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Silent Mutation
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A silent mutation is a mutation that results in the change of a codon without a change in the amino acid represented by the codon
5
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Missense Mutation
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A genetic alteration in which a single base pair substitution alters the genetic code in a way that produces an amino acid that is different from the usual amino acid at that position.
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