A | B |
nucleotides | subunits of DNA |
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 | bases of nucleotides |
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 or turning into proteins |
Watson and Crick | developed DNA double helix model |
Wilkins and Franklin | developed high quality X-ray photographs of strands of DNA |
Chargaff | discovered that G goes with C and A goes with T |
purines | made of 2 organic rings |
pyrimidines | made of 1 organic ring |