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Chapter 12
Chapter 12 vocabulary
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Biology
9th Grade
11/02/2009

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Transformation
Definition
When one strand of bacteria had been changed permanently into another.
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Nucleotide
Definition
what makes up DNA
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Double Helix
Definition
Two strands of DNA wound around each other
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Chromatin
Definition
Eukaryotic chromosomes tightly packed together.
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Histones
Definition
DNA that is tightly coiled around proteins
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Replication
Definition
When DNA replicates
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DNA polymerase
Definition
The principal enzyme involved in DNA replication
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Genes
Definition
Coded DNA instructions that control the production of proteins within the cell
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mRNA
Definition
molecules that carry copies of instructions
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rRNA
Definition
several dozen proteins
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tRNA
Definition
Transfers amino acid to the ribosome as it is specified by coded messages
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transciption
Definition
copying part of the nucleotide sequence of DNA into a complementary sequence in RNA
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codon
Definition
3 consecutive nucelotides that specify a single amino acid that is to be added to the polpeptide
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translation
Definition
The decoding of an mRNA message into a polypeptide chain
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anticodon
Definition
tRNA molecules that have three unpaired bases.
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Mutation
Definition
genetic mistakes or changes in genetic material
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