Vocabulary
DNA- nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose
Deoxyribose- the main sugar that is in DNA
Double Helix- the structure of DNA
Nucleotide- units that make up a long molecule of DNA
Purine- nitrogen base with 2 carbon rings
Pyrimidine- nitrogen base with 1 carbon ring
Hydrogen bond- a bond that holds the nitrogen bases together in DNA
RNA- a molecule whose job is protein synthesis
Ribose-the main sugar that is in RNA
mRNA- (messenger) serves as messengers, carries and copies
instructions to the rest of cell
tRNA- (transfer) transfers each amino acid to the ribosome
as its specified by coded messeges
rRNA- (ribosomal) ribosmes are made of several dozen proteins in
a form of RNA
Ribosome- small particle in cell on whcih proteins are assembled
Protein Synthesis- a process that occurs through RNA
Amino Acid- a protein compound within an amino group
Codon- consists of 3 consecutive nucleotides that specify a single
amino acid added to a polypetide
Anticodon- complementary to 1 mRNA codon
Translation- decoding of mRNA message into a polypetide chain
Transcription- copying parts of a nucleotide sequence or DNA in a
sequence of RNA
Polypeptide- chains of DNA or RNA
Base Pair- a purine and pyrimidine that make up each rung of the
DNA ladder
DNA- nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose
Deoxyribose- the main sugar that is in DNA
Double Helix- the structure of DNA
Nucleotide- units that make up a long molecule of DNA
Purine- nitrogen base with 2 carbon rings
Pyrimidine- nitrogen base with 1 carbon ring
Hydrogen bond- a bond that holds the nitrogen bases together in DNA
RNA- a molecule whose job is protein synthesis
Ribose-the main sugar that is in RNA
mRNA- (messenger) serves as messengers, carries and copies
instructions to the rest of cell
tRNA- (transfer) transfers each amino acid to the ribosome
as its specified by coded messeges
rRNA- (ribosomal) ribosmes are made of several dozen proteins in
a form of RNA
Ribosome- small particle in cell on whcih proteins are assembled
Protein Synthesis- a process that occurs through RNA
Amino Acid- a protein compound within an amino group
Codon- consists of 3 consecutive nucleotides that specify a single
amino acid added to a polypetide
Anticodon- complementary to 1 mRNA codon
Translation- decoding of mRNA message into a polypetide chain
Transcription- copying parts of a nucleotide sequence or DNA in a
sequence of RNA
Polypeptide- chains of DNA or RNA
Base Pair- a purine and pyrimidine that make up each rung of the
DNA ladder