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| process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene from another strain of bacteria |
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| virus that infects bacteria |
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| monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5 carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base |
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| group of 3 bases on a tRNA molecule that are complementary to an mRNA codon |
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| decoding of a mRNA message into a polypeptide chain |
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| 3 nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid |
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| express sequence of DNA codes for a protein |
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| sequence of DNA that is not involved in coding for a protein |
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| region of DNA that is not involved in coding for a protein |
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| enzyme similar to DNA polymerase that binds to DNA and separates the DNA strand during transcription |
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| process in which part of the nucleotide sequence of DNA is copied into a complementary sequence in RNA |
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| type of RNA molecule that transfers amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis |
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| type of RNA that makes up the major part of ribosomes |
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| RNA molecule that carried copies of instructions for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from the DNA to the rest of the cell |
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| sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait |
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| principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine |
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| granular material visible within the nucleus containing the genetic info passed from one generation of cells to the next |
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| protein molecule around which DNA is tightly coiled in chromatin |
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| copying process by which a cell duplicated its DNA |
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