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| RNA | A type of nucleic acid found outside the nucleus which plays a role in transcription and translation |
| RNA Polymerase | en enzyme which transcribes DNA nucleotide sequence into RNA nucleotide sequence |
| DNA Template | strand of DNA double helix used for replication or transcription |
| Transcription | process in which RNA nucleotide sequence is made complimentary to DNA nucleotide sequence |
| Translation | process in which an amino acid sequence (polypeptide) is made based on RNA nucleotide sequence |
| Ribosome | organell where translation takes place |
| mRNA | an RNA polynucleotide whose sequence is complimentary to DNA polynucleotide |
| tRNA | an RNA molecule that contains anti-codons and which carries amino acids to the ribosome |
| rRNA | the RNA component of a ribosome |
| Codons | three RNA bases on mRNA which code for an amino acid or stop signal |
| Anticodons | three RNA bases on tRNA which code for an amino acid or stop signal |
| Genetic Code | the table which tells which codons match which amino acids or stop signal |
| Amino acids | molecules which make up proteins |
| Protein | a type of organic molecule made up of many amino acids |
