Chapter 13 Vocab

single-stranded nucleic acid that contains sugar ribose

• DNA

• RNA

• promoter

• exon

type of RNA that carries copies of instructions from for the assembly of amino acids from the DNA to the rest of the cell

• messenger

• ribosomal

• transfer

type of RNA that combines with protein to form ribosomes

• messenger

• ribosomal

• transfer

type of RNA that carries each amino acid to a ribosome during protein synthesis

• messenger

• ribosomal

• transfer

synthesis of RNA molecule from a DNA molecule

• transcription

• translation

• replication

enzyme that links together the growing chain of RNA nucleotides during transcription using a DNA strand as a template

• RNA polymerase

• DNA polymerase

• anticodon

specific region of a gene where RNA polymerase can bind and begin transcription

• promoter

• exon

• intro

• operon

long chain of amino acids that makes proteins

• RNA polymerase

• polypeptide

• anticodone

• differentiation

collection of codons of mRNA each of which directions the incorporation of a particular amino acid into a protein during synthesis

• genetic code

• gene expression

• mutation

• ribosomal RNA

exon

• expressed sequence of DNA, codes for a protein

• group of three nucleotides

• sequence of DNA that is not involved in coding for a protein

• a group of adjacent genes that share a common operator and promoter