Lecture 16 Flashcards
1
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Anticodon
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A sequence of three nucleotides forming a unit of genetic code in a transfer RNA molecule corresponding to a complementary codon in messenger RNA
2
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Base pair substitution
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Mutation where one base pair is replaced by a different base pair
3
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Codon
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A sequence of 3 nucleotides that together form a unit of genetic code in a DNA molecule
4
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Deletion
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The loss or absence to g a section from a nucleic acid molecule or chromosome
5
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Exon
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A segment of DNA or RNA molecule containing information coding for a protein or peptide sequence
6
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Frame shift mutation
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A genetic mutation caused by Indra of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by 3
7
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
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An enzyme that attaches the appropriate amino acid onto its tRNA.
