Lec 2 Flashcards
Amino acid
Building block of proteins.
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Anti-codon
The sequence of 3 nucleotide in tRNA that correspond with base pairs in mRNA.
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Archaea
Single celled organisms that don’t have a nucleus so it’s a prokaryote.
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Bacteria
Single celled organisms that don’t have a nucleus so it’s a prokaryote.
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Carbohydrate
Provide energy and make up the cell wall in bacteria, algae, plants.
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Cell membrane
The membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of the cell.
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Central dogma
The process of transforming DNA to proteins.
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Codon
A group of 3 adjacent nucleotide in mRNA that show anime acid in a protein or stop protein synthesis.
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DNA
An information- containing molecule.
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DNA replication
The ability to pass genetic info. From one cell to another.
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Eukrya
Do have a nerleaus therefor is a eukaryote.
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Eukaryote
Cells that have a nucleus.
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Gene
A section of DNA that contains information to make mRNA.
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Gene expression
The production of functional gene product.
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Genetic code
The correspondence between amino acids (20)and codons (61), and 3 stop codons.
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mRNA
Tells your body how to make specific protein.
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MRCA
Most recent common ancestor found in a phylogenetic tree based on the node.
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Non-template DNA
A strand of DNA not used as a template for RNA during translation.
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Nucleic acid
Encode and transmit genetic information.
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Nucleus
Houses the DNA of a cell.
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Peptied bond
Joins two amino acids together
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Phospholipid
A type of lipid and a major component of the cell membrane.
Phylogenetic tree
Is able to tell us which organisms are more closely related.
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Prokaryote
Cells that don’t have a nucleus.
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Protein
Polymer of amino acids, provide structure, do most of the work in the cell.
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rRNA
Noncoding RNA found in all ribosomes that aid in translation.
RNA
molecule chemically related to DNA, synthesized as a complement to its DNA template, and involved in protein synthesis, among other functions.
Ribosome
Complex structure of RNA and proteins that come from amino acids as directed by mRNA.
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tRNA
Carries individual amino acids which are used in translation.
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Template of DNA
The strand of DNA that is used to synthesize a complementary mRNA molecule.
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Tree of life
An evolutionary free that shows the evolution from extinct & living organisms.
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Transcription
Is the process during codon dogma that changes DNA to mRNA.
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Translation
Is during codon dogma that goes from mRNA to protiens.
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