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The ________ is the amino acid manings of all the codons, each of which directs the incorporation of amino acid during protein synthesis.
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Genetic Code
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The enzyme that catalyzes the covalent bonding of free RNA nucleotides into a continuous strand, using the sequence of bases in DNA as a template, is called ______ ______
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RNA Polymerase
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The hypothesis that each gene encodes information (as a sequence of bases) needed for making one specific protein (amino acid sequence) is the _________.
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One-Gene One-Protein
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A ______ is a sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that is complementary to the three nucleotides in messenger RNA.
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Anticodon
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The process in which a sequence of nucleotide bases in mRNA is converted into a sequence of amino acids in a protien is called _________.
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Translation
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The mRNA _____ is AUG coding for the first amino acid in a protein. Three codons (UAG,UAA,UGA) are mRNA ______, signals that the protein's amino acid sequence is completed.
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1) Start Codon
2) Stop Codon
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A molecule of _______ is a strand of nucleotides, complementary to the DNA of a gene, that conveys genetic information to ribosomes to be used to sequence amino acids during protein synthesis.
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MRNA
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________ is the synthesis of RNA molecule from a DNA template.
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Transcription
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A chane in the base sequence of DNA is a _____.
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Mutation
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A molecule that bnds to a specific amino acid and has a set of three nucleotides, complementary to the codon for that amino acid is known as ______ ______.
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Transfer RNA
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In a __________, a pair of bases becomes incorrectly matched; ________ occur when one or more new nucleotide pairs are added into a gene; a _________ occurs when one or more nucleotide pairs are removed from a gene.
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1) Point Mutation
2) Insertion Mutation
3) Deletion Mutation
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A ______ is a sequence of three nucleotides of mRNA that specifies a particular amino acid tobe incorporated into a protein.
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Codon
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An organelle whith two subunits, each composed of RNA and protein, that serves as site of protein synthesis is a _______.
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Ribosome
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The building blocks of DNA and RNA are monomes called _______.
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Nucleotides
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A nucleotide contains a phosphate group covalently linked to a 5-C _____ which is covalenty linked to a nitrogen containing ______.
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1) Sugar
2) Base
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