DNA Replication Flashcards
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Replication Fork
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A Y-shaped region in a chromosome that serves as the growing site for dna replication.
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Replication
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The action of copying or reproducing something
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Helicase
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Unzips DNA
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Polymerase
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Zips DNA
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Universal Code
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DNA that holds the life code.
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DNA
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Universal Code
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Double Helix
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Structure of DNA.
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Deoxyribose
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DNA sugar
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Hydrogen bond
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Hold bases together.
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Complementary
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Opposite in a pair.
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Semi-conservative
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Spits and copies individual stands.
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Nucleic Acid
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In DNA and RNA.
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Nucleotide
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Sugar, phosphate, base
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Phosphate
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In nucleotides
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DNA bases
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A, T, G, C
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RNA bases
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A, U, G, C
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Covalent bond
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Keeps sugars and phosphates together.
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Pyrimidine
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Cytosine and thymine
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Purine
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Adenine and guanine
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RNA
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Ribonucleic acid
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mRNA
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Messager RNA
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tRNA
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Transfer RNA
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Uracil
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Base found in RNA
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Ribose
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Sugar in RNA
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Protein synthesis
Making new proteins
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Codon
Set of 3 bases
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Transcription
mRNA makes a template from DNA
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Translation
Making amino acid chains
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Promoter
Where
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Termination signal
Tells the ribosome to stop reading.
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Anticodon
Bond with complimentary mRNA stand.
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Introns
DNA th
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Exons
Protein coding area of DNA
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Operator
Prevents certain genes from transcribing.
