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Molecular Bio
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
11/13/2007

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Term
a - site
Definition
aminoacyl site
Term
e - site
Definition
exit site
Term
promoters
Definition
site where transcription starts
Term
-10 box, prinbox, TATAAT
Definition
10 bases from the point where transcription starts
Term
exons
Definition
translated regions of eukaryotic genes
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introns
Definition
untranslated stretches of of genes
Term
splicing
Definition
removal of introns
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snRNP
Definition
small proteins that assemble around to remove introns
Term
spliceosome
Definition
snRNP complex that excises introns
Term
tRNA
Definition
RNA responsible for transfering genetic code from nucleus to ribosome
Term
aminoacyl tRNA
Definition
tRNA bonded to an amino acid
Term
anticodon
Definition
set of 3 nucleotides that form base pairs with mRNA, specifies a protein
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P-site
Definition
peptide bond formation site site
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molecular chaperones
Definition
enzymes that facilitate protein folding
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phosphoylation
Definition
addition of a phosphate group to an amino side chain
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initiation
Definition
beginn
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