Unit 3 vocab review

3 consecutive nitrogen bases that specify an amino acid

• codon

• anticodon

• mRNA

• tRNA

3 bases complementary to mRNA codon located on tRNA

• codon

• anticodon

• mRNA

• tRNA

a type of single stranded RNA that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome where proteins are made.

• mRNA

• RNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

single stranded RNA molecule that delivers amino acids to the growing polypeptide chains

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

• RNA

The process by which a copy of the DNA in a cell is made before the cell divides.

• translation

• transcription

• replication

• ribosome

process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA.

• replication

• translation

• transcription

• ribosome

Process by which a cell makes proteins using genetic information carried in messenger RNA.

• transcription

• translation

• replication

• ribosome

site of protein synthesis in the cell

• endoplasmic reticulum

• golgi body

• ribosome

• cytoplasm

monomers of proteins

• amino acid

• nucleotide

• monosaccharide

• glycerol, fatty acid

a change in the DNA sequence of an organism

• chromosomal mutation

• gene mutation

• frameshift mutation

• point mutation