Chapter Four Flashcards
Cancer
A disease that makes the cells over reproduce
Characteristics of life
a list of eight characteristics shared by all living things
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the use of any drug to treat any disease. But to most people, the word chemotherapy means drugs used for cancer treatment
DNA Replication
The process of replicating DNA
Messenger RNA
the form of RNA in which genetic information transcribed from DNA as a sequence of bases is transferred to a ribosome.
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Mutation
the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA
Nitrogen base
The base of the DNA double helix
Transfer RNA
molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein.
Tumor
a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.
