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DNA & RNA

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nucleotidesugar, base, and phosphate
nucleic acidpolymer of nucleotides (DNA or RNA)
purinesAdenine and Guanine (2 rings)
pyrimadinesThymine and cytosine
double helixshape of DNA
backbone (rungs)phosphate and sugar
sugarsdeoxyribose and ribose
hydrogen bondholds bases together
Adeninecomplementary to thymine
Guaninecomplementary to cytosine
sugar in DNAdeoxyribose
deoxyribosebonds with nitrogen bases
Ribosesugar in RNA
Uracilbase in RNA, not DNA.
replicationmaking a copy of DNA
accomplished by DNA polReplication
Transcriptionmaking RNA complementary to DNA
Translationputting amino acids in order
amino acidsmonomers of proteins
codons3 consecutive bases in mRNA coding for an aa


6th Grade Comprehensive Science Instructor
Paso High School
Dade City, FL

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