DNA within cells Flashcards
1
Q
Prokaryotic
A
DNA is short and circular and not associated with protein cells
2
Q
Eukaryotic cells
A
DNA is linear and long,coiled around histones to make chromosomes
3
Q
Gene
A
section of DNA that codes for functional RNA of a polypeptide
4
Q
Locus
A
position of the gene within the DNA
5
Q
allele
A
different versions of the same gene
6
Q
homologous chromosomes
A
matching pair that might contain different alleles
7
Q
triplet
A
3 base pairs that code for an amino
8
Q
degenerate code
A
more than one triplet can code an amino acid
9
Q
non-overlapping
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each base pair is only read once
10
Q
proteome
A
all the proteins that a cell can produce
11
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exon
A
bits of a gene that do code something
12
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intra
A
bits of a gene that dont code for anything
