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| Any one of twenty different small organic molecules that serves as a building block of polypeptides. |
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| Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase |
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| An enzyme that connects the correct amino acid to a tRNA carrying an appropriate anticodon. |
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| A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a tRNA that is antiparallel and complementary to a codon on mRNA. |
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| A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on an mRNA molecule that specifies incorporation of a particular amino acid into a growing polypeptide. |
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| The set of rules by which the nucleotide sequence in an mRNA is translated into an amino acid sequence in a polypeptide. |
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| A covalent bond that connects amino acids in a polypeptide. |
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| A long chain of amino acids. |
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| An mRNA being actively translated by more than one ribosome at a time. |
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| A biological macromolecule that consists of one or more polypeptides. |
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| Structure in the cytoplasm on which polypeptides are synthesized. |
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| Short RNA molecules that deliver a specific amino acid to a codon on the ribosome during polypeptide synthesis. |
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| Process by which information in an mRNA molecule is used to direct the synthesis of a polypeptide. |
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| Flexibility in base-pairing at the 3’ position of a codon with the 5’ position of an anticodon. |
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