DNA and Protein Synthesis

A molecule that stores genetic information

• DNA

• RNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The codon that signals the start of translation (AUG)

• codon

• start codon

• anticodon

• stop codon

Units or monomers that make up DNA. They have three parts, a phosphate group, a nitrogen base, and a sugar.

• nitrogen bases

• double helix

• nucleotide

• ATCG

A group of three nucleotides that code for an amino acid

• anticodon

• stop codon

• codon

• start codon

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Four nucleotides that make up DNA: Adenine, Thymine, guanine, and cytosine

• ATCG

• nucleotides

• double helix

• base pairing rules

RNA turns into protein...The process that reads an mRNA message and turns it into a polypeptide

• replication

• translation

• transcription

• central dogma

A compound containing one phosphorus and four oxygen atoms. It helps make up the backbone of DNA.

• central dogma

• RNA

• nucleotides

• phosphate group

An RNA molecule that transfers amino acids in the cytoplasm to the growing polypeptide.

• rRNA

• mRNA

• tRNA

• RNA

A 5-carbon ring shaped sugar molecule that also helps make the backbone of DNA

• phosphate

• deoxyribose

• ribose

• DNA polymerase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

An RNA molecule that forms part of a ribosome.

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

• RNA