DNA Function Flashcards
1
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Gene
A
gene is a basic unit of heredity and a sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA
2
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Genome
A
all genetic material of an organism
3
Q
DNA replication
A
biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule
4
Q
Protein synthesis
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process in which cells make proteins and occurs in two stages: transcription and translation
5
Q
Amino acids
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organic compounds that combine to form proteins
6
Q
Coding DNA
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the portion of a gene’s DNA or RNA that codes for protein
7
Q
Non-coding DNA
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components of an organism’s DNA that do not encode protein sequences
8
Q
Gene expression
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process by which the information encoded in a gene is used to direct the assembly of a protein molecule
9
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Mutation
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alteration in the nucleotide sequence
