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Chapter 14 - Genetics (Important Chapter) Flashcards

1
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study of heredity

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genetics

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passing on characteristics from parents to offspring so they resemble parents and each other

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heredity

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actual expressed properties or charactertics

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phenotype

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4
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organisms genetic makeup and total collection of genes

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genotype

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5
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total genetic material in cell; all the cell’s DNA; all viruses’ DNA or RNA

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genome

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any factor affecting the expression of the phenotype other than the genes

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eenvironment

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7
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functional unit of genetic information is the

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gene

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8
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segment of DNA in cells which contains the coded information that determines the kinds of RNA

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genes

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9
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all genes make blank

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RNA

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10
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pathway from DNA to RNA to protein is gene expression

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central dogma

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11
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bonds holding nucleotides together

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phosphodiester bonds

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12
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DNA is usually blank stranded compared to RNA with blank

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two , one

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13
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covalent bonds between the 3’ hydroxyl of one sugar a and a 5’ hydroxyl of another sugar make up the

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sugar phosphate backbone

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14
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a virus either has blank or blank but never blank

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DNA or RNA, both

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15
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DNA and RNA can be blank or blank in viruses

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single or double stranded

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16
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viral blank can be linear or circular

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nucleic acid

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17
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most viral genomes have between about blank and blank genes

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20 and 100

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18
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viral genomes are packed within a protein coat called the blank

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capsid

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19
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double helix is underwound

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negative supercoiling

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20
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double helix is overwound

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positive supercoiling

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21
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supercoiling packs DNA into a small

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volume

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22
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prokaryotes have between about blank and blank genes

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2000, 5000

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23
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eukaryotic genomes are always composed of blank DNA

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double stranded

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24
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eukaryotic genomes are mostly blank with some blank

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linear, circular

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25
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positively charged bunches that have DNA wrapped around them

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histones

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26
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naked DNA is blank long

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2 nm

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27
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nucleosomes are blank long

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10 nm

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28
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solenoids are blank long

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30 nm

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29
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nucleosomes, supercoils, and solenoids are part of the blank

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eukaryotic genome

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30
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origin and is replicated as a unit of DNA

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replicon

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31
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Archaea can have more than one blank in DNA

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origin

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32
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type of RNA polymerase that makes the primer

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DNA primase

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33
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DNA blank fills in cracks in DNA strand

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ligase

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34
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DNA replication starts at the blank site

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origin

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35
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pieces of primer are added to the DNA in small sections and when they are removed they leave gaps called blank

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okazaki fragments

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36
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this separates the double stranded DNA into two opposite strands and uses ATP

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helicase

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37
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DNA blank relieves tension so the replicated DNA does not break before completion

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topoisomerase

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38
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the job of the primer is to supply a blank group so the main DNA can start being formed from there

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hydroxyl

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39
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DNA ligase seals nicks in the blank

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phosphodiester bonds

40
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the leading strand uses blank synthesis of new DNA

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continuous

41
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the lagging strand has blank that form because it is not blank

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okazaki fragments, continuous

42
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The main polymerase in DNA replication

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DNA polymerase III

43
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DNA polymerase III is a complex of blank enzymes

44
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DNA topoisomerase is aka

45
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DNA polymerase is always in the blank to blank direction

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5’, 3’

46
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proofreading is done by blank and is the removal of mismatched base from the blank end of the strand

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DNA polymerase III, 3’

47
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proofreading is not blank

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100% efficient

48
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some viruses may not have blank and just blank

49
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linear sequence of nucleotides with a fixed start and end point

50
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nucleotide sequence in a gene that have the information for amino acid placement in a polypeptide

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coding sequences

51
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entire gene is continuous coding sequence in blank

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prokaryotes

52
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template strand of DNA directs blank synthesis

53
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template is read in the blank to blank direction

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3’, 5’

54
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the recognition and binding site for RNA polymerase that orients polymerase

55
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synthesis of any RNA using DNA as a template

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transcription

56
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This mRNA is often found in Bacteria and Archaea

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polycistronic

57
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start codon

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three stop codons

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UAA, UAG, UGA

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core enzyme + sigma factor =

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holoenzyme

60
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only the blank can begin blank

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holoenzyme, transcription

61
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the sigma factor of a holoenzyme has no catalytic activity but helps the core enzyme blank the start of genes (blank)

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recognize, promoter

62
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site of transcription initiation

63
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promoter is the site where blank binds to initiate transcription

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RNA polymerase

64
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the -10 sequence is called the blank and the -35 sequence is called the blank. blank show up in these boxes

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tata box, ttgac box, mutations

65
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after binding, RNA polymerase unwinds the blank

66
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eukaryotic transcription occurs in the blank

67
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three types of eukaryotic RNA polymerases

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I, II, III

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RNA polymerase I catalyzes blank synthesis

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RNA polymerase II catalyzes blank synthesis

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RNA polymerase III synthesizes blank molecules

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introns are removed from the initial RNA transcript by blank in eukaryotes

72
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splicing of the pre RNA occurs in a large complex called a blank that contains pre mRNA

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spliceosome

73
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sometimes a pre mRNA is spliced so different patterns of exons remain, this is called blank

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alternative splicing

74
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these two things can happen simultaneously in prokaryotes because there is no blank

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translation (ribosomes) and transcription, nucleus

75
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the relationship between specific nucleotide sequence in a gene and a specific amino acid

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genetic code

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mRNA sequence is translated to amino acid sequence of polypeptide chain during blank

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translation

77
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sequence of three ribonucleotides in mRNA that determine a specific amino acid

78
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codons are complementary to DNA blank

79
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the blank on tRNA is complementary

80
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start site for translation and is always blank

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start codon, AUG

81
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61 codons that specify amino acids

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sense codons

82
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the three codons used as translation termination signals and do not encode amino acids

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non-sense codons (stop)

83
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up to six different codons can code for a single amino acid

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code redundancy

84
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synthesis of polypeptide directed by sequence of nucleotides in mRNA

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translation

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site of translation

86
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this kind of transcription is in Bacteria and Archaea

87
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tertiary structure due to base pairing within the tRNA molecule

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transfer RNA

88
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amino acid activation is blank by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase

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16S rRNA ribosomal binding site binds protein needed for initiation of blank

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translation

90
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23S rRNA is the blank subunit and is a blank that helps catalyze blank bond formation

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large, ribozyme, peptide

91
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sequential addition of amino acids to growing polypeptide

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elongation cycle

92
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elongation involves several blank factors

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elongation

93
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elongation has how many phases

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three

  1. aminoacyl tRNA binding
  2. transpeptidation reaction
  3. translocation - ribosome movement
94
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protein function depends on blank shape

95
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proteins that aid the folding of nascent polypeptides

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molecular chaperones

96
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protect cells from thermal damage

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molecular chaperones

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