Sugar in RNA
What is Ribose?
This carries information from DNA
What is messenger RNA?
The genetic code is stored here in eukaryotic cells
What is nucleus?
Three consecutive bases of mRNA that specify a single amino acid
What is codon?
Binds to guanine
What is cytosine?
Sugar in DNA
What is Deoxyribose?
Along with proteins, make up the organelles that produce proteins
What is ribosomal RNA?
The enzyme that copies DNA to RNA
What is RNA polymerase?
The macromolecule made of chains of amino acids, also called a protein
What is polypeptide?
It can't decide, T or U
What is adenine?
The full name of the nucleic acid that works with DNA to complete many cell functions
What is Ribonucleic acid?
This carries amino acids to the ribosome
What is transfer RNA?
The organelle that produces proteins with the help of RNA
What is ribosome?
Three bases on mRNA that indicates the end of a polypeptide sequence
What is stop codon?
In RNA, not thymine
What is uracil?
The full name of the macromolecule that contains all genetic information
What is Deoxyribonucleic acid?
The segments of mRNA that are cut during editing
What is intron?
The process of copying a base sequence from DNA to RNA
What is transcription?
Three unpaired bases on tRNA that are specific to a particular amino acid
What is anticodon?
Code Start! Or Methionine
What is AUG?
Binds all NA together
What is phosphate group?
The segments of mRNA that are spliced together during editing
What is exon?
Regions of DNA with specific base sequences that bind and start RNA polymerase
What is promoter?
The process of using the sequence of codons in mRNA to assemble amino acids into a chain
What is translation?
Transcribed AAGCTTGAC
What is UUCGAACUG?