Vocab 4/ DNA Flashcard Review

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Sugar in RNA

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Ribose

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Scientific name for the twisted ladder structure of DNA

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Double Helix

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Sugar in DNA

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Deoxyribose

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Molecule connecting sugars in DNA backbone

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Phosphate

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Rungs of the DNA ladder

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Nitrogen Base Pairs

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Building blocks of DNA/RNA: sugar, phosphate, base.

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Nucleotides

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Process of making RNA from DNA in the nucleus.

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Transcription

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Protein synthesis's second part where RNA forms protein on ribosomes.

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Translation

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Building blocks of proteins.

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amino acids

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Change in DNA; can be harmful, beneficial, or neutral.

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Mutation