DNA and RNA Vocab

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Bonds in DNA form only between adenine & thymine, guanine & cytosine.

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base pairing

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Copying DNA before cell division

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replication

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Enzyme in DNA replication

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DNA polymerase

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Repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome

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telomere

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Single-stranded nucleic acid with ribose

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RNA

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mRNA: RNA that carries instructions for assembling amino acids into proteins from DNA.

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messenger RNA

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rRNA; RNA that forms ribosomes

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ribosomal RNA

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tRNA: RNA that carries amino acids to ribosomes for protein synthesis

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transfer RNA

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RNA synthesis from DNA template

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transcription

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Enzyme linking RNA nucleotides during transcription using DNA as a template

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RNA polymerase