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| A package of nucleic acid wrapped in a protein coat. |
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| A virus that infects bacteria |
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| Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) |
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| A kind of nucleic acid, a polymer built from monomers called nucleotides |
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| The building blocks (monomers) of the nucleic polymers |
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| Single-ring structures such as thymine and cytosine |
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| Double-ring structures such as guanine and adenine. |
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| two strands of nucleotides wound about each other; structure of DNA |
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| The process of replicating DNA by the double helix separating, each single strand acting as a negation. |
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| Enzymes that make the covalent bonds between the nucleotides of new DNA strands. |
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| Any nucleic acid whose sugar is ribose rather than the deoxyribose of DNA. |
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| Process by which a DNA template is used to produce a single-stranded RNA molecule |
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| Converts nucleic acid language into amino acid language. |
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| a three-base "word" that codes for one amino acid. |
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| A RNA molecule that is transcribed from a DNA template. |
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| A transcription enzyme that links the RNA nucleotides U and A together. |
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| Internal non-coding regions inside RNA transcripts. |
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| the parts of a gene that remain in the mRNA and will be translated. |
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| The process where introns are removed and the exons are joined together. |
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| The process where introns are removed and the exons are joined together. |
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| Transfer RNA, translates the three-letter codons of mRNA to the amino acids that make up proteins. |
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| The three bases that are complementary to a specific codon in the mRNA. |
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| Ribosomal RNA, A complete ribosome has a binding site for mRNA on its small subunit and two binding sites for tRNA on its large subunit. |
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| Any change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA. |
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| Physical or chemical agents that cause mutations |
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