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heredity passing of information in genes from generation to generation
genetic code information in the DNA that controls the making of enzymes
transformation changing of a cell from one type to another
trans. factor the substance in Griffith's experiment that changed the cells
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA chemical that stores the information for making the enzymes
nucleotide unit of a sugar; a phosphate; and a base
nitrogenous baseadenine; guanine; cytosine; thymine; uracil
bases in DNA adenine; guanine; cytosine; thymine
bases in RNA adenine; guanine; cystosine; uracil
Watson & Crick discovered structure of DNA in 1953 using crystallography
double helix twisted ladder shaped of DNA
base pairing adenine and thymine attract; guanine and cytosine attract
replication the process of making another DNA copy of a DNA original
mRNA messenger RNA - carries the genetic message to the ribosome
mRNA a kind of copy of the DNA original
transcription the process of making a mRNA from the DNA
RNA polymerase the name of the enzyme that makes mRNA
DNA polymerase the name of the enzyme that makes DNA
prot. synthesis making a protein from its amino acid parts
codon three nucleotides on the mRNA that code for one amino acid
translation the process of stringing amino acids together using mRNA code
tRNA transfer RNA - carries an amino acid to the ribosome
anticodon the three nucleotides on the tRNA that match to the codon
ribosome the place where the proteins are made
peptide a short string of bonded amino acids
dipeptide two amino acids bonded covalently
tripeptide three amino acids bonded covalently
protein a long chain of bonded amino acids
nucleic acid material made of many nucleotides bonded together (ex: DNA)
gene a section of DNA that has the code for one peptide