Unit 3 Vocab Review - DNA, RNA, Protein Synthesis

double stranded nucleic acid made of deoxyribose sugar and 4 nitrogenous bases (adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine); stores genetic information

• DNA

• RNA

• mRNA

• nucleotide

monomer (building block) of nucleic acids

• amino acid

• nucleotide

• rRNA

• adenine

Single-stranded nucleic acid made of ribose sugar and 4 nitrogenous bases (adenine, uracil, guanine, cytosine); makes proteins

• DNA

• RNA

• nucleotide

• thymine

nitrogenous bases pair up in a specific way. A pairs with T; C pairs with G

• complementary base pairing

• genetic code

• transcription

• translation

nitrogenous base that pairs with thymine in DNA

• adenine

• guanine

• cytosine

• nucleotide

nitrogenous base that pairs with adenine

• adenine

• guanine

• cytosine

• thymine

nitrogenous base that pairs with cytosine

• adenine

• guanine

• cytosine

• thymine

nitrogenous base that pairs with guanine

• adenine

• guanine

• cytosine

• thymine

nitrogenous base that pairs with adenine in RNA

• uracil

• guanine

• cytosine

• thymine

the process of making a copy of DNA.

• DNA replication

• transcription

• translation

• genetic code