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RNA and protein synthesis
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Biology
10th Grade
04/23/2013

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Term
gene
Definition
coded dna instructions that control the production of proteins within the cell
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messanger rna
Definition
cary copies of instuctions for assembling amino acids into proteins
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ribosomal rna
Definition
make up ribosomes
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transfer rna
Definition
transfers each amino acid to the ribosome as it specified by coded messages in mrna
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transcription
Definition
rna molecules are produced by coping part of the nucleotide sequence of dna into a complementary sequence in rna
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rna polymerase
Definition
enzyme needed for transcription
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promoter
Definition
ENZYME will only bind to regions of dna
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intron
Definition
not involved for coding proteins
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exon
Definition
the dna seqence that codes for proteins
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codon
Definition
3 nulceotides that specify a single amino acid
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translation
Definition
DECODING OF AN MRNA MESSage into a polypeptide chain or protein
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anticodon
Definition
3 bases are complementary to one mrna codon
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