NUCLEIC ACIDS

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is a polymer in which the
monomer units are nucleotides

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Nucleic acids

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is a three-subunit molecule in which a pentose sugar is bonded to both a
phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic base

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Nucleotides

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Uracil what derivatives

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4-amino-2-oxo derivative

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Thymine what derivatives

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5-methyl-2,4-dioxo derivative

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Cytosine what derivatives

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2,4-dioxo derivative of pyrimidine.

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guanine what derivatives

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2-amino-6-oxo purine

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Adenine what derivatives

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6-amino derivative of purine

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ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleotide polymer in which each of the monomers contains ribose, a phosphate group, and one of the heterocyclic bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, or uracil.

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ribonucleic acid (RNA)

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The alternating sugar–phosphate chain in a nucleic acid structure is often

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nucleic acid backbone

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are strands of DNA in a double helix with base pairing such that each base is located opposite its complementary base.

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Complementary DNA strands

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nucleotide polymer in which each of the monomers contains deoxyribose, a phosphate group, and one of the heterocyclic bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, or thymine

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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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is the sequence in which nucleotides are linked together in a nucleic acid

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Primary nucleic acid structure

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are pairs of bases in a nucleic acid structure that can hydrogen-bond to each other

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Complementary bases

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is the biochemical process by which DNA molecules produce exact duplicates of themselves

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DNA replication

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is an individual DNA molecule bound to a group of proteins

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Chromosome

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is RNA formed directly by DNA transcription.

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Heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA

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is RNA that carries instructions for protein synthesis genetic information) to the sites for protein synthesis

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Messenger RNA (mRNA)

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is RNA that facilitates the conversion of heterogeneous nuclear RNA to messenger RNA.

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Small nuclear RNA (snRNA)

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is RNA that combines with specific proteins to form ribosomes, the physical sites for protein synthesis.

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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA

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s RNA that delivers amino acids to the sites for protein synthesis

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Transfer RNA (tRNA)

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is the process by which DNA directs the synthesis of hnRNA/mRNA molecules
that carry the coded information needed for protein synthesis

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Transcription

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is all of the genetic material (the total DNA) contained in the chromosomes of an organism

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genome

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is a gene segment that conveys (codes for) genetic information

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exon

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is all of the mRNA molecules that can be generated from the genetic material in a genome

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transcriptome

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is a large assembly of snRNA molecules and proteins involved in the conversion of hnRNA molecules to mRNA molecules

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spliceosome

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is a gene segment that
does not convey (code for) genetic information

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Introns

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is the process of removing introns from an hnRNA molecule and joining the
remaining exons together to form an mRNA molecule

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Splicing

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is a process by which several different proteins that are variations of a basic structural
motif can be produced from a single gene

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Alternative splicing

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is a three-nucleotide sequence in an mRNA molecule that
codes for a specific amino acid

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codon

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is the assignment of the 64
mRNA codons to specific amino acids (or stop signals)

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is a three-nucleotide sequence on a tRNA molecule that is complementary to a codon on an mRNA molecule.

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anticodon