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What is Replication?
The process of copying DNA
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What is tRNA?
"translator"; helps to decode an RNA message into an amino acid
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What is the sugar found in RNA?
Ribose
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What is Transcription?
The process of DNA making a strand of mRNA
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What did Watson and Crick discover?
the shape of DNA
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What type of bond holds amino acids together? (Hint: It's a strong bond)
peptide bond
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What is translation?
the process of decoding mRNA into tRNA and then into an amino acid
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What did Chargaff discover?
adenine=thymine guanine=cytosine
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What is a codon?
a set of 3 bases that code for a specific amino acid
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What is rRNA?
Makes up major part of ribosomes; helps to start protein synthesis
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What type of bond holds a DNA molecule together? (Hint: It's a weak bond)
hydrogen bond
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What is the sugar found in DNA?
Deoxiribose
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What is mRNA?
carrier that takes the information from the DNA in the nucleus out to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm
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What are the 3 differences between DNA and RNA?
DNA l RNA °Deoxiribose l °ribose °Double l °Single Helix l strand °Thymine l °Uracil