Gene Expression
holds genetic information that determines an organisms traits
What is DNA?
the basic biological unit of heredity
What is gene?
a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism
What is a chromosome?
a change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA
What is mutation?
a malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
What is cancer?
act as a messenger carrying instructions from DNA for controlling the synthesis of proteins
What is RNA?
any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques
What is GMO?
a fertilized egg
What is a zygote?
the transmission of traits from one generation to the next
What is heredity?
treatment for cancer in which drugs are administered to disrupt cell division of the cancer cells
What is chemotherapy?
the type of ribonucleic acid that encodes genetic information from DNA
What is mRNA?
a polymer consisting of many nucleotide monomers
What is nucleic acid?
the process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells
What is cell division?
when a dominant allele, or form of a gene, does not completely mask the effects of a recessive allele
What is incomplete dominance?
the transfer of disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it
What is metastasis?
an enzyme that links together the growing chains of RNA nucleotides during transcription, using a DNA strand as a template
What is RNA polymerase?
refers to an organism or cell whose genome has been altered by the introduction of one or more foreign DNA sequences from another species by artificial means
What is a transgenetic organism?
(of a cell or nucleus) containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.
What is diploid?
any cell of the body except sperm and egg cells
What is somatic cell?
treatment for cancer in which parts of the body that have cancerous tumors are exposed to high-energy radiation to disrupt cell division of the cancer cells
What is radiation therapy?
the synthesis of RNA on a DNA template
What is transcription?
all genetic information of an organism
What is genome?
the resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of meiosis.
What is interphase?
the production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated effects
What is pleiotropy?
a gene whose product inhibits cell division, thereby preventing uncontrolled cell growth
What is tumor suppressor gene?