Protein Synthesis Vocab

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Characteristic that varies among individuals

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trait

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A variation

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differences within a trait.

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Carries info from DNA to ribosome.

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mRNA

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Structural component of ribosomes

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rRNA

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Translates mRNA to amino acids, carries amino acids to mRNA

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tRNA

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Translation is

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decoding of mRNA into a polypeptide chain (protein)

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Transcription is

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part of DNA copied into complementary RNA

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3 nucleotide sequence on mRNA coding for an amino acid

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codon

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Group of 3 bases on tRNA that match mRNA codon.

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anticodon

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Separates DNA strands & adds RNA nucleotides during Transcription

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RNA Polymerase