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| Purine - pairs with Thymine ( T ) in DNA but Uracil ( U ) in RNA |
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| DNA strand this is similar to the mRNA produced |
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| Sequence of 3 bases specifying an amino acid |
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| Pyrimidine - pairs with Guanine ( G ) |
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Double Helix
Sugar phosphate backbone |
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| Catalyst produced by cells |
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| Enzyme that catalyses the linking of nucleotides to form DNA |
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| Set of rules that governs the relationship between base sequence in DNA and amino acid sequence in proteins |
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| The information inherited |
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| Organelle in which newly-synthesised proteins are modified and are sorted accordingly |
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| Weak attraction between atom of hydrogen and another such as oxygen |
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| The DNA strand that is synthesised discontinuously into okazaki fragments |
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| The DNA strand that is synthesised continuously |
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| Failure of a reaction due to a non-functioning enzyme |
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| Sequence of reactions by which one substance is converted into another |
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| Nucleic acid copy of a gene used in protein synthesis |
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| Agent that causes mutations |
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| 2 layered barrier between nucleus and cytoplasm perforated by pores |
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| 1 sugar 1 phosphate 1 base |
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| Short sections of DNA produced during protein synthesis of the lagging strand |
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| One gene - One polypeptide |
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| Each gene is specific to an amino acid sequence of a polypeptide |
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| A long polypeptide or 2 joined together |
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| Makes polypeptides and is used in RNA and proteins |
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| Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) |
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| Complex series of membrane bound spaces in the cytoplasm |
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| RNA component of ribosomes |
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| Pyrimidine - pairs with Adenine in DNA but is replace with uracil in RNA |
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| Form of RNA that brings each amino acid to the codon specifying it |
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