Chapter 11-DNA And Genes

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Double helix

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Shape of DNA molecules formed when 2 twisted DNA strands are coiled into a springlike structure and held together by hydrogen bonds between the bases

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DNA replication

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DNA in the chromosomes is copied in this process

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Nitrogenous base

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A carbon ring structure that contains one or more atoms of nitrogen

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Codon

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Set of 3 nitrogenous bases that represents an amino acid

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Messenger RNA

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Brings instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the cells factory floor, the cytoplasm. Transcription

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Ribosomal RNA

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Binds to the mRNA and uses the instructions to assemble the amino acids in the correct order

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Transport/er RNA

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The supplier. Translation

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Transcription

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In the nucleus, enzymes make an RNA copy of a portion of a DNA strand in this process

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Translation

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The process of converting the info in a sequence of nitrogenous bases in mRNA into a sequence of amino acids in protein