Chapter 1 - Genetics

Nucleotide
Phosphodiester bond
3’ hydroxyl
Primer
Complementarity
Hybridization
Denaturation
Colinearity
ncRNA = noncoding RNA
Exon
Intron
Enhancer
Promoter
Terminator
Operon
Polycistronic
5’ cap = 5-methylguanosine(5 Me-G)
polyA tail = polyadenosine tail
5’ UTR = 5’ untranslated region
3’ UTR = 3’ untranslated region
Consensus sequence
Spliceosome
Degeneracy
Open reading frame (ORF)
Reading frame
Locus (plural loci (pronounced low-sigh))
Promoter
Terminator
Consensus sequence
Element
Peptidyl transferase reaction
Reading frame
Open reading frame
Residue
Template/non-coding/antisense strand
Non-template/coding/sense strand