Biology I-2: Chapter 13 Vocab

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Single-stranded nucleic acid with ribose sugar

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RNA

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Type of RNA that carries instructions for assembling amino acids into proteins from DNA.

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messenger RNA

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Type of RNA that forms ribosomes

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ribosomal RNA

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Type of RNA that carries amino acids to ribosomes during 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

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Region of a gene where RNA polymerase binds to start transcription

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promoter

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DNA sequence not coding for a protein

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intron

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DNA sequence that codes for a protein

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exon

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Long chain of amino acids that makes proteins

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Polypeptide