Molecular Genetics Vocab

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5-Carbon sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base.

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Nucleotide

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DNA coiled around proteins

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Chromatin

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Cell duplicates its DNA

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Replication

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Protein molecule around which DNA is coiled:

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Histone

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Enzyme that proofreads new DNA strands

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DNA Polymerase

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Molecule carrying instructions for amino acid assembly into proteins

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Messenger RNA (mRNA)

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Amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis

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Transfer RNA (tRNA)

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Type of RNA that makes up the major part of the ribosome?

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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

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Process of copying DNA nucleotide sequence into RNA

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Transcription

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Separates DNA strands during transcription

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RNA Polymerase