genetic code Flashcards
what is degenertate code
where amino acids are coded for by one or more triplet
what is dna made up of
nucleotides
what is each nucleotide comprised of
base
phosphate
pentose sugar
what is one strand of dna comprised of
introns and exons
wich part gets spliced out
introns
define genome
the complete set of genes in a cell
what is pre-mrna used for
as a template for trna
during transcription ehat cause the double helix to unzip
an enzyme
what is the enzyme that causes the helicase to unzip
RNA polymerase
what happens after the two strands unzip
their is a template strand and the other strand is broken back down into nucleotides
what happens to the template strand
complementaory base pairs form via a hydrogen bond to the complementory strand
adenine
uricil
thymine
adenine
guanine
cytosine
cytosine
guanine
