Ch. 10 Vocabulary-DNA

nucleotide sequences UAA, UAG, and UGA that terminate translation

• anticodon

• start codon

• stop codon

• promotor

model that proposes DNA consists of two nucleotide chains that wrap around each other to form a spiral

• deoxyribose

• nucleotide

• double helix

• replication

specific sequence of nucleotides that marks the end of a gene

• promotor

• termination signal

• replication

• mutation

process of assembling polypeptides (proteins) from information encoded in mRNA

• replication

• transcription

• anticodon

• translation

production of proteins

• protein synthesis

• replication

• transcription

• translation

sequence of nucleotides on the tRNA that is complimentary to and pairs with a corresponding mRNA codon

• transcription

• codon

• anticodon

• promotor

sugar molecule of DNA

• deoxyribose

• nucleotide

• ribose

• double helix

process of copying DNA

• transcription

• translation

• replication

• mutation

Nucleotide sequence AUG that initiates translation

• stop codon

• anticodon

• promotor

• start codon

combination of 3 mRNA nucleotides that codes for a specific amino acid

• mutation

• codon

• anticodon

• promotor