Chapter 3.1 Vocab
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Nucliec Acids
Store, transmit & express genetic info, Made of monomers
DNA
Type of nucleic acid. Deoxyribonucleic acid
RNA
Type of nucleic acid. Ribonucleic acid
Nucleotide
Has (nitrogen having) base, Penrose sugar and 1-3 phosphate groups
pyrimidine
Six membered single ring structure, chem form
purine
Fused double ring structure, chem form
deoxyribose
Pentose sugar with one less oxygen than ribose, in dna
ribose
Pentose sugar, in RNA
phosphodiester bond
Condensation reaction/linkage between pentose sugar and phosphate
Adenine (A)
Base, purine
Cytosine (C)
Base, pyrimidine
Guanine (G)
Base, purine
Thymine (T)
Base, pyrimidine
Uracil (U)
Base, pyrimidine
Complementary base pairing
Hydrogen bonds between bases
DNA replication
When a DNA is replicated. Polymerization existing strand as template. Involves entire molecule
transcription
When DNA is copied into RNA,
translation
RNA used to specify sequences of amino acids in proteins
genome
Complete set of DNA in a living organism
Base
Pyrimidine or purine
Genes
Sequences of DNA that encode specific proteins and are transcribed into RNA
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