DNA Replication and Protein Synthesis

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What is a change in the chromosomes or genes of a cell?

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Mutation

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What is a compound found in living cells that contains carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen, and joins together to form proteins?

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Amino Acid

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What is the process of making a copy of DNA by unwinding, splitting, and then adding new nucleotides?

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Replication

Front

What is deoxyribonucleic acid, the blueprint from which all living things are made?

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DNA

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What is the process of making mRNA from DNA?

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Transcription

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What is the role of mRNA in protein synthesis?

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mRNA carries the genetic information from DNA to the ribosome for protein synthesis.

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What is the function of tRNA in protein synthesis?

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tRNA transports amino acids to the ribosome, matching them to the mRNA codons.

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What is the process of translating mRNA into a protein called?

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Translation

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What are the building blocks of proteins?

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Amino Acids

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What is the structure of DNA?

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DNA is a double helix composed of two strands of nucleotides.