| A | B |
|---|
| RNA | ribonucleic acid |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| mRNA | single strand of transcribed DNA that can move out of the nucleus |
| rRNA | makes up the ribosome; site of protein synthesis |
| tRNA | carries the anticodon and the amino acid that is coded for |
| sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base | the three parts of a nucleotide |
| A, T, G, C | the four nitrogen bases of DNA |
| A, U, G, C | the four nitrogen bases of RNA |
| Chargaff | scientist who stated that A=T and G=C |
| Griffith | scientist who studied bacteria and named the process of transformation |
| smooth bacteria | bacteria that causes pneumonia |
| rough bacteria | harmless bacteria that can be transformed |
| Avery | scientist who studied transformation and eliminated one macromolecule at a time |
| Hershey-Chase | american scientists who used radioactive isotopes in bacteriophages |
| Watson, Crick, Wilkens and Franklin | came up with a working model of DNA |
| double helix | the name given to the model of DNA |
| replication | process of uncoiling, unzipping and making an exact copy |
| transcription | process in which DNA makes mRNA |
| translation | process in which mRNA, rRNA and tRNA join together to put amino acids together to make proteins |
| peptide | type of bond used to hold amino acids together |
