DNA & Molecular Genetics Vocabulary

The process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria is MOST likely the definition for which term?

• Replication

• Base Pairing

• Transformation

• Bacteriophage

A virus that infects bacteria is MOST likely the definition for which term?

• Replication

• Base Pairing

• Transformation

• Bacteriophage

The process by which Adenine connects with Thymine and Cytosine connects with Guanine is MOST likely the definition for which term?

• Replication

• Base Pairing

• Transformation

• Bacteriophage

Copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA is MOST likely the definition for which term?

• Replication

• Base Pairing

• Transformation

• Bacteriophage

An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of the DNA molecule is MOST likely the definition for which Term?

• messenger RNA

• Codon

• RNA

• DNA Polymerase

single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose and makes proteins is MOST likely the definition for which Term?

• messenger RNA

• Codon

• RNA

• DNA Polymerase

The three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid is MOST likely the definition for which Term?

• messenger RNA

• Codon

• RNA

• DNA Polymerase

RNA that copies the coded message from DNA in the nucleus and carries the message into the cytoplasm is MOST likely the definition for which Term?

• messenger RNA

• Codon

• RNA

• DNA Polymerase

The type of RNA that combines amino acids to make proteins on the surface of ribosomes is MOST likely the definition for which Term?

• translation

• transcription

• transfer RNA

• ribosomal RNA

The type of RNA that carries each amino acid to a ribosome during protein synthesis is MOST likely the definition for which Term?

• translation

• transcription

• transfer RNA

• ribosomal RNA