vocabulary
What does RNA stand for
Ribonucleic Acid
AGG, GCA and GUU are examples of
codon
What does rRNA stand for
Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid
Seuence 0d DNA that is not involved in coding for a protine
intron
What does mRNA stand for
Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
The codons of mRNA specify the sequence of ___________ in a _____
anticodon and protein
Mutations that produce change in a chromosomes are known as
Chromosomal mutations
A _________ indicates where translation is to stop
stop codon
Expressed sequence of DNA; codes for a protine
extron
The (small/large)submit of a ribosome holds into the mRNA strand
small
Before translation occurs, mRNA is transcribed from DNA in the
nucleus
codons consist of_______consecutive nitrogen bases that specify a single amino
acid that is to be added to the polypeptide
three
Genes contain instructions for assembling
protein
Groups of genes operating together
oporn
What does tRNA stand for
Transfer Ribonucleic Acid
The sequence of bases in DNA is used as a template for______
mRNA
what is a polypeptide
the condition in which an organism has a extra set of chromosomes
Many proteins are________, which catalyze and regulate chemical reactions
enzymes
A region of DNA that indicates to an enzyme where to bind to make an enzyme
promoter
The (small/large)submit of a ribosome has binding sites for tRNA
large
The cells use the DNA"______"are complementary to the mRNA codon
anticodo
Some mutations are detrimental, although some can be
beneficial
Mutations that produce change in a single gene are called
gene mutations