Topic 20: Protein Synthesis

genetic code found in the nucleus; blueprint of life

• DNA

• RNA

• Protein

• Codon

A's bind to T's; G's bind to C's

• RNA Polymerase

• Base-pair Rule

• Translation

• Double helix

Carries message to ribosome for translation

• DNA

• RNA

• Protein

• Nucleotide

The shape of DNA

• Hydrogen bonds

• Codon

• Double helix

• Proteins

Process by which DNA makes a copy of itself; semi-conservative process

• RNA Polymerase

• Translation

• Transcription

• DNA Replication

Process where RNA is made from DNA (DNA -> RNA)

• RNA Polymerase

• Translation

• Transcription

• DNA Replication

A point mutation that involves a deletion or addition, which results in a shift in the reading frame

• Point mutation

• Chromosomal mutation

• Frameshift mutation

• Gene

Segments of DNA that code for proteins/traits

• Codon

• Gene

• RNA

• Proteins

Attaches to DNA and unzips double helix; codes RNA strand to match DNA template strand

• Nucleotide

• Protein

• RNA Polymerase

• Codon

Building blocks of all organisms; chain of amino acids bound by peptide bonds

• DNA

• RNA

• Protein

• Codon