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Monomers that are combined to form proteins.
What are amino acids?
RNA molecule that carries amino acids to the ribosome.
What is tRNA?
Structure of DNA with two strands twisted together.
What is a double helix?
Enzyme that assembles nucleotides during transcription.
What is RNA polymerase?
Monomer of DNA or RNA.
What is a nucleotide?
Bond between the sugar and phosphate groups in a double helix.
What is a covalent bond?
Strand of DNA that is used to make a copy of mRNA.
What is a template?
Bond between nitrogenous base pairs in a double helix.
What are hydrogen bonds?
The process of making a protein by using mRNA.
What is translation?
Single-stranded RNA made from a DNA template.
What is mRNA?
DNA strands that run in opposite directions.
What is antiparellel?
The pentose sugar found in DNA.
What is deoxyribose?
Enzyme that assembles nucleotides during replication.
What is DNA polymerase?
Component of a nucleotide (A, T, G, C, or U).
What is nitrogenous base?
Structure that reads mRNA and assembles amino acids.
What is a ribosome?
Sequence of 3 nucleotides that correspond to an amino acid.
What is a codon?
This nucleotide replaces thymine in mRNA.
What is uracil?
The process in which the genome is copied in a cell.
What is DNA replication?
Dr. Emmett's favorite type of pie.
What is sour cherry?
The process of making a RNA copy using a DNA template.
What is transcription?
Ms. Uhler's favorite type of pie.
What is chocolate coconut pie?
A chain of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds.
What is a polypeptide?
Location of transcription in eukaryotic cells.
Where is the nucleus?
One strand in a double helix is from the parent molecule.
What is semi-conservative?
Location of transcription in prokaryotic cells.
Where is the cytoplasm?