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| Something that causes diseases. |
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| genetic information moving from one cell or organism to another |
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| a subunit that makes up nucleic acid and consists of a five-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base |
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| the five-carbon sugar in a nucleotide |
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| a base containing nitrogen and carbon atoms |
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| a nitrogenous base that has a double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms |
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| nitrogenous bases that have a single ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms |
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| the rules needed to understand the observation of DNA |
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| complementary base pairs p198 |
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| each nitrogenous base pairs with another on the opposite strand |
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| the order that nitrogenous bases in a chain |
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| The process before mitosis,meiosis, or binary fission. DNA is copied within a cell |
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| enzymes that separate the DNA strands |
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| The point where two strands separate |
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| the means of adding complementary nucleotides to each original strand |
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| semi-conservative replication p200 |
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| a type of replication that conserves one of the two original strands |
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| a difference in the DNA sequence of a DNA molecule |
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| ribonucleic acid (RNA) p204 |
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| the intermediate used by proteins directed by a gene |
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| DNA becomes like a template of the eukaryotic cell |
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| RNA directs the making of proteins |
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| process when DNA designs a protein and RNA builds it |
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| process when DNA designs a protein and RNA builds it |
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| a factor in the structure of RNA. no the same as deoxyribose |
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| messenger RNA (mRNA) p205 |
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| an RNA molecule that transfers instructions to make a make a protein |
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| ribosomal RNA (rRNA) p205 |
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| a part of the structure of ribosomes |
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