Molecular Biology Basics

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DNA

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deoxyribonucleic acid

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RNA

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ribonucleic acid

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Transcription

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DNA is copied to RNA

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Translation

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RNA creates amino acids

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DNA Ligase

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enzyme that connects two strands of DNA

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Helicase

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unzips DNA

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Polymerase

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enzyme that assembles DNA and/or RNA

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Amino acids

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monomer of proteins

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Hydrogen bond

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holds together 2 complementary strands of DNA

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Codon

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3 nucleotide bases