DeRosa - DNA vocabulary

DNA molecule

A polymer made up of thousands of repeating units called NUCLEOTIDES

What is a nucleotide composed of?

- Phosphate, - Deoxyribose sugar, - Nitrogenous base

Gene mutations

A change in one or more DNA bases

Hydrogen bonds

What are nitrogenous bases held together by?

Amino acids

The sequence of _ is importantly because it determines the shape

The shape

What detriments the function of a protein

Translation

mRNA is read at the ribosome to create a chain of amino acids

DNA is used

DNA Replication

Making copies of DNA during the mitosis and meiosis when chromosomes replicate

Deoxyribose Sugar

What sugar does DNA contain

What sugar does RNA contain

Ribose sugar