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| Substitution mutation | when one (or more) DNA nucleotide (s) is exchanged for another DNA nucleotide |
| Frameshift mutation | type of mutation in the amino acid sequence due to the addition or deletion of one (or more) DNA nucleotide (s) |
| mutation | any change in the sequence of nucletoides in DNA |
| 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 |
| Codons | three RNA bases on mRNA 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 |
