| A | B |
|---|
| replication | the process of making a copy of DNA |
| transcription | the process in which the instructions for making a protein are transferred from a gene to RNA |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| guanine, cytosine, thymine, adenine | nucleotide bases of DNA |
| helicase | unzips two strands of DNA |
| DNA polymerase | add to individual strands of DNA to form two strands |
| amino acids | building blocks of proteins |
| translation | the process of RNA building proteins |
| nucleus | organelle that contains DNA |
| ribosome | organelle that performs translation |
