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Gene to Protein Vocab Flashcards

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Eukaryote

Eukaryotic cell

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Cell that has a nucleu and other membrane-bound organelles

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Prokaryote

Prokaryotic cell

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Cell that does not have a nucleus or tother membrane-bound organelles

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Trait

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Characteristic that is inherited

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Gene

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Specific region of DNA that codes for a particula protein

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Monomer

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molecular subunit of a polymer

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Nucleotide

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Monomer that forms DNA and has a phoshate group, a sugur, and a nitrogen-containing base

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DNA

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Molecule that stores genetic information in all organisms

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RNA

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Nucleic acid molecule that allows for the transmission of genetic information and protein synthesis

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Protein

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Polymer composed of amino acids linked by peptide bonds

Folds into particulat structures depending on bonds between amino acids

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Amino acid

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Molecule that makes up proteins; composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sometimes sulfer

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8.4 Transcription

Central Dogma

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Theory that states that, in cells, infromation only flows from DNA to RNA to proteins

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8.4 Transcription

Transcription

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Process of copying a nucleotide sequence of DNA to form a complementry strand of mRNA

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8.4 Transcription

RNA polymerase

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Enzyme that catalyzed the synthesis of complementry strand of RNA from a DNA template

enzyme

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mRNA

Messenger RNA

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From RnA that carries genetic information from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, where it servers as a template for protein synthesis

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rRNA

Ribosomal RNA

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RNA that is the ribosome and guides the translation of mRNA into a protein; also used as a molecular clock

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8.4 Transcription

tRNA

Transfer RNA

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From of RNA that brings amino acids to rimbomes durng protein synthesis

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8.5 Translation

Translation

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Prosess by which mRNA is decoded and a protein is produced

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8.4 Transcription

Codon

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Sequence of three nicleotides that code ot one amino acid

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8.4 Transcription

Stop Codon

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Codon that signals to ribosomes to stop translation

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8.4 Transcription

Start Codon

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Codon that signals to ribosome the beging translation; codes for the first amino acid in a protein

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8.4 Transcription

Anticodon

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Set of three nuclotides in tRNA molecule that bonds to a complementary mRNA codon during translation

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