Ch. 14 RNA and Protein Synthesis

carries message to ribosome for translation

• mRNA

• DNA

• protein

• codon

process where mRNA is made from DNA

• transcription

• translation

• replication

• RNA polymerase

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

• frameshift mutation

• point mutation

• chromosomal mutation

• mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

segments of DNA that code for proteins/traits

• genes

• point mutation

• mRNA

• codon

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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

• RNA polymerase

• translation

• protein

• mRNA

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

• proteins

• amino acids

• codons

• gene

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

process where proteins are made from RNA

• translation

• transcription

• genes

• frameshift mutation

single point in the sequence is changed

• point mutation

• frameshift mutation

• chromosomal mutation

• mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a mutation that involves more than just a nucleotide

• chromosomal mutation

• frameshift mutation

• point mutation

• mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3 bases on mRNA; code for 1 amino acid

• codon

• anticodon

• gene

• protein