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Biology 1
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Biology
9th Grade
11/13/2012

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Deocyribonucleic Acid


DNA

Definition
Genetic material that organisms inherit from there parient
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DNA Polgmerase
Definition
Principle enzyme involved in DNA Replication
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Replication
Definition
Process of copying DNA prior to cell division
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RNA


Ribonucleic Acid

Definition
Single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose
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RNA Polymerase
Definition
Enzyme that links together the growing chain of RNA nucleotides during transcription using a DNA strand as a template
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Transcription
Definition
Synthesis of RNA molecule from a DNA template
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Citation
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Miller, Kenneth R., and Joseph S. Levine. Miller & Levine Biology. Boston, MA: Pearson, 2010. Print.
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Base Pairing
Definition
Principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between gunnine and cytosine
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Messenger RNA
Definition
Type of RNA that carries copies of instructions for assembly of amino acids into proteins from DNA to the cell
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Transfer RNA
Definition
Type of RNA that carries each amino acid to a Ribosome during protein sythesis
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