14 Vocabulary Enforcer AP Biology

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What is RNA primase?

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The enzyme during DNA replication that adds a short segment of RNA (primer) on each DNA strand.

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What is RNA splicing?

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A removal of large portions of the RNA molecule that is initially synthesized.

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What is an operon?

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A cluster of genes under the control of a single promoter.

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What is an amino acid?

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A unit of proteins.

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What are nucleic acids?

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Macromolecules that transmit and store genetic information.

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What is the role of RNA polymerase?

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An enzyme that synthesizes RNA from a DNA template during transcription.

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What are introns?

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Non-coding segments of RNA that are removed during RNA splicing.

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What are exons?

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Coding segments of RNA that are joined together after splicing to form mature mRNA.

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What is a ribosome?

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A molecular machine that synthesizes proteins by translating mRNA.

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What is transcription?

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The process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA.