Protein Synthesis Vocab*

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Amino Acid

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Monomer of proteins

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Ribosomes

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Organelle of RNA & protein in cytoplasm; site of protein synthesis.

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Peptide Bond

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Links amino acids to form a polypeptide.

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Polypeptide

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long chain of amino acids that make proteins

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Codon

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Group of three nucleotide bases in mRNA specifying an amino acid for protein.

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RNA

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Single-stranded nucleic acid with ribose.

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Anticodon

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Group of three bases on tRNA complementary to a codon of mRNA.

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Exon

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expressed sequence of DNA; codes for a protein

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Intron

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sequence of DNA not coding for a protein

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Gene

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sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and determines a trait