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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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| holds the heritable genetic information of an organism |
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| the building blocks of nucleic acid polymers |
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| a single or double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms with functional groups |
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| thymine and cytosine-single ring structers |
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| adenine and guanine- double ring structures |
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| the process of copying the DNA molecule |
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| scientist that figured out the genetic code |
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| experiment that used mice, determined there was a transforming factor |
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| showed that DNA was the transforming factor |
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| Hershey & Chase Experiment |
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| using viruses and radioactive probes, showed DNA was the transfroming factor |
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| in DNA replication, these enzymes make the covalent bonds between the nucleotides of the new DNA strand |
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| nucleic acid whose sugar is ribose instead of deoxyribose, RNA containss uracil, RNA is a single strand not double helix like DNA |
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| DNA's nucleotide sequence is converted to the form of 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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| transcribed from a DNA template |
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| transcription enzyme that links the RNA nucleotides together |
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| translates the three-letter codons of mRNA to amino acids that make up proteins |
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| nonsense groups of letters in initial RNA transcripts that have to be removed |
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| coding regions of the mRNA transcript |
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| process of removing introns and putting together the extrons |
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| three bases on tRNA that are complementary to a specific codon on the mRNA |
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| coordinates the functioning of mRNA and tRNA |
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| physical or chemical agents that cause mutations |
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| the study of organisms and how they are related to each other through a system of classification |
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| shows how the classification system works to create life on Earth |
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| a malady of the body that lasts for a prolonged period of time |
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| microbial life that causes diesease, they invade the body |
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| organisms that transmit the disease agent to another organism so that the life cycle can be complete |
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