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| holds together the two strands of DNA, A pairs with T, G pairs with C |
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| a technique used to determine the shape of a molecule using the diffraction of x-rays |
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| made the first 3-D model of the double helix of DNA in 1953 |
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| Took x-ray diffraction photographs of DNA helping Watson and Crick with their work |
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| the coiled structure of double stranded DNA |
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| Austrian biochemist that determined DNA contains like numbers of adenine/thymine and guanine/cytosine in 1950, led to an understanding of complementary base pairing |
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| monomer of nucleic acids, made of nitrogen base, sugar, and phosphate |
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| contains DNA, site where RNA is made |
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| nucleic acid that stores genetic information |
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| nucleic acid used by ribosomes to make proteins |
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| process of making new proteins in the ribosome |
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| the nucleotide sequence of codons and the amino acids they code for |
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| a highly coiled strand of DNA |
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| nitrogenous base found in DNA and RNA, pairs with thymine or uracil |
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| nitrogenous base found in DNA, pairs with adenine |
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| nitrogenous base found in DNA and RNA, pairs with cytosine |
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| nitrogenous base found in DNA and RNA, pairs with guanine |
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| nitrogenous base found in RNA, pairs with adenine |
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| process of copying a gene from DNA into mRNA |
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| messenger RNA that copies a DNA gene and is read by the ribosome |
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| process of unwinding DNA and assembling a new complementary strand for each old strand |
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| the original strand of DNA which provides the sequence necessary to assemble new strands of DNA |
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| organelle that constructs proteins |
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| process of copying mRNA into amino acids |
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