Chapter 17: Protein Synthesis Flashcards
1
Q
Every 3 bases on mRNA is called a…
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CODON
2
Q
Codons specify…
A
one amino acid
3
Q
Chains of amino acids are…
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proteins
4
Q
Transcription
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the process where mRNA is made from DNA
5
Q
Translation
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process by which protein is built from the mRNA, occurs in the cytoplasm at a ribosome
6
Q
RNA traits
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uses ribose, urical instead of thymine, single strand, can leave the nucleus
7
Q
RNA polymerase
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used to build the strand of RNA in the nucleus
8
Q
tRNA is used to build an…
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amino acid chain by delivering an amino acid to bind to the previous one (anti-codon, has a single attached amino acid)
