DNA & Protein Synthesis Vocab

The basic unit or building block of DNA & RNA; composed of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nucleic acid

• amino acid

• anticodon

• nucleotide

• codon

A nucleic acid found in both DNA & RNA; pairs with Thymine in DNA; pairs with Uracil in RNA

• adenine

• cytosine

• uracil

• guanine

A nucleic acid found in both DNA & RNA; pairs with Cytosine

• thymine

• uracil

• adenine

• guanine

A nucleic acid found in both DNA & RNA; pairs with Guanine

• uracil

• cytosine

• thymine

• adenine

A nucleic acid only found in DNA; pairs with Adenine

• uracil

• cytosine

• thymine

• guanine

A nucleic acid only found in RNA; pairs with Adenine

• uracil

• thymine

• guanine

• cytosine

form the sides of the DNA/RNA molecule; made of sugar and phosphate

• double helix

• DNA backbone

• RNA anticodon

• mRNA

Organelles found in the cytoplasm of living cells and serves as the site of protein synthesis

• nucleus

• lysosomes

• mitochondria

• ribosomes

Three consecutive nucleotides that specify a single amino acid

• anticodon

• nucleic acids

• codon

• gene

The process that decodes mRNA to make proteins

• translation

• transcription

• codon

• anticodon