DNA & Protein Synthesis Vocab

Front

Basic unit of DNA & RNA; made of sugar, phosphate, and nucleic acid.

Back

nucleotide

Front

Nucleic acid in DNA & RNA; pairs with Thymine in DNA & Uracil in RNA

Back

adenine

Front

Nucleic acid in DNA & RNA; pairs with Cytosine

Back

guanine

Front

Nucleic acid in DNA & RNA that pairs with Guanine

Back

cytosine

Front

Nucleic acid in DNA that pairs with Adenine

Back

thymine

Front

Nucleic acid unique to RNA that pairs with Adenine

Back

uracil

Front

Form the sides of DNA/RNA; made of sugar and phosphate.

Back

DNA backbone

Front

Organelles in cytoplasm for protein synthesis

Back

ribosomes

Front

Three consecutive nucleotides specifying an amino acid

Back

codon

Front

Decodes mRNA to make proteins

Back

translation