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Chapter 10 & 12 DNA & Cell Division Vocabulary
Vocab for 10, 12
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Biology
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11/28/2011

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Transformation
Definition
Overlapping harm with unharm strands of genes
Term
Bacteriophage
Definition
A virus that infects bacteria
Term
Nucleotides
Definition
a 5-C sugarm PO4 and a nitrogen base
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Base pairing
Definition
A to T, G to C
Term
Proteins chromatin is wrapped around
Definition
Histones
Term
DNA and protein packed tightly together to form
Definition
Chromatin
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DNA polymerase
Definition
The enzyme involved with DNA replication
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Genes are
Definition
coded DNA instructions that control the production of proteins within cell
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The enzyme required for RNA transcription
Definition
RNA polymerase
Term
Taking a part of the nucleotide sequence from RNA is called
Definition
a Transcription
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Where RNA polymerase binds to in DNA
Definition
a promoter
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Sequences of nucleotides
Definition
Introns
Term
The DNA sequences that code for proteins
Definition
exons
Term
3 consecutive nucleotides that specify an amino acid
Definition
codon
Term
mRNA into a polypeptide chain
Definition
Translation
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Each base of a tRNA molecule
Definition
anticodon
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Few nucleotide mutations, substitutions
Definition
Point mutations
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Frameshift mutations
Definition
grouping of codons shifted
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Extra sets of chromosomes
Definition
Polyploidy
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A group of genes that operate together
Definition
operon
Term
other region that has copies of DNA
Definition
a operator
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