Protein Synthesis

Cell Cycle

The continuous cycle where cells grow, make copies of their chromosomes and divide to form new cells

DNA Replication

process where DNA makes a copy of itself

Messenger RNA (mRNA)

Acts as a messenger of genetic information

polypeptide

Another name for a protein

Protein Synthesis

Making a protein by transcribing DNA into RNA and then translating RNA into protein aka: The Cenetral Dogma

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

Makes up the ribosome

Semi-conservative Replication

Each daughter strand is made of 1 parent (old strand) and 1 daughter strand (new strand)

Transcription

The process of reading the DNA code and making a strand of mRNA from its instructions

Transfer RNA (tRNA)

Transfers amino acids

Translation

How the cells relate the code of nucleotide bases (nucleic acids) to the language of amino acids (proteins)