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nucleotide

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an organic molecule composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate

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deoxyribose

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a sugar derived from ribose by replacing a hydroxyl group with hydrogen

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nitrogenous base

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a molecule that contains nitrogen and has the chemical properties of a base

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purine

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a heterocyclic aromatic compound composed of a pyrimidine ring and an imidazole ring fused together

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pyrimidine

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a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound that is composed of carbon and hydrogen

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base pairing rules

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constraints imposed by the molecular structure of DNA and RNA on the formation of hydrogen bonds

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complementary base pair

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the pairing of corresponding bases (adenine with thymine/uracil or guanine with cytosine)

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DNA replication

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the biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule

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helicase

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an enzyme that catalyzes the unwinding and separation of DNA or RNA during it’s replication

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replication fork

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a very active area where DNA replication takes place

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DNA polymerase

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an enzyme that assembles nucleotides into new DNA strands

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semi-conservative replication

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replication where each new DNA molecule consists of one strand of old DNA bound to one strand of new DNA

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transcription

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the process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA

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translation

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the process in which proteins are produced using RNA molecules as templates

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protein synthesis

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the creation of proteins by cells that use DNA, RNA, and various enzymes

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16
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ribose

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a sugar that has five carbon atoms and five oxygen atoms in each molecule and is part of RNA

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RNA polymerase

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an enzyme that is responsible for copying a DNA sequence into an RNA sequence

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promoter

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a sequence of DNA of which proteins bind to initiate transcription of a single RNA transcript

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genetic code

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the nucleotide triplets of DNA and RNA molecules that carry genetic information in living cells

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codon

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a DNA or RNA sequence of three nucleotides that form a unit of genetic info encoding a particular amino acid or signaling the termination of protein synthesis

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anticodon

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a trinucleotide sequence located at one end of a tRNA molecule, which is complementary to a corresponding codon in a mRNA sequence

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genome

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the complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell

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mutation

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an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism

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central dogma of biology

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a theory stating that genetic info only flows in one direction, from DNA to RNA to protein, or RNA directly to protein