Day 3 Flashcards
DNA
Carries genetic info from parent cell or parents egg or sperm cells
Amino acid
A carbon hydrogen oxygen nitrogen molecule created from a specific triplet sequence
Codon / triplet
Formed from a sequence of three nucleotides and specify one of twenty different amino acids
Transcription
Process that copies dans genetic code into ease get rna
Mutation
Deletion in a DNA sequence
Translation
Process by which a protein is made from RNA and occurs in a cells ribosome
Genetic code
Language of triplets that is common to all organisms
Nitrogen base
A component of the nucleotide and pairs with a complementary form for another nucleotide
Nucleotide
A component of DNA that consists of sugar phosphate group and nitrogen base
RNA
Nucleic acid that uses genetic info from DNA to produce proteins
Protein
A molecule made from an amino acid chain that performs a specific task