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1
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These bonded together create the nucleic acids DNA and RNA

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Nucleotides

2
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The three components of a Nucleuotide

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Phosphate
Sugar (DNA,RNA)
Nitrogenous Base (Purines, Pyrimidines)

3
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What is the bond called between Nucleotides within one strand

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Phosphodiester

4
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What are the bonds called between Base pairs

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Hydrogen

5
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Where does DNA replication take place

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Nucleus

6
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DNA doubles from

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46 to 92

7
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What is the enzyme that unwinds DNA strands

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Topoisomerase

8
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What is the enzyme that makes new DNA from the parent DNA strand

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DNA Polymerase

9
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What does mitosis do to DNA

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Splits the doubled 92 strand into two 46 daughter strands

10
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Where does RNA synthesis take place

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Nucleolus

11
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Which segment unwinds for RNA transcription

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Only the specific segment of DNA with the spefici region to be transcribed unwinds

12
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Which enzyme binds to the promoter site and begins to make RNA primer strand from the DNA template

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RNA Polymerase

13
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What is the section called on the DNA where RNA polymerase will stop

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Termination Sequence

14
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After transcription, RNA will travel to

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cytoplasm

15
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This type of RNA Holds the information to determine AA sequence order

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mRNA

16
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This type of RNA is the main component of the ribosomal unit which moves along mRNA

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rRNA

17
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This type of RNA jumps on and off the rRNA, carrying the AA with it

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tRNA

18
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Start codon for translation

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AUG

19
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Stop codons for tranlation

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UAA
UAG
UGA