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5 to 3: direction that replication moves in
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A site: where tRNA with amino acid attaches in ribosome
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adenine: A
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anticodons: attached to tRNA molecules to pair up with opposite triplet
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AUG: start codon
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Chargaff's rule: T=A, G=C
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codons: base triplets in mRNA transcripts
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cytosine: C
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elongation: stage of translation where tRNAs deliver amino acids to growing chain
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exons: parts of pre-mRNA that code for proteins
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guanine: G
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initiation: stage of translation where small subunit of rRNA binds to mRNA and moves down to find AUG
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introns: parts of pre-mRNA that get snipped off to make finished mRNA and stay in the nucleus
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ligase: enzyme that fills in gaps between two nucleotides
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nucleus: where transcription takes place
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P site: where polypeptide chain builds up in ribosome
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promoter: sequence of bases in DNA that signals start of a gene; where transcriprion begins
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purines: big 2-ring nucleotides
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pyridimines: smaller 1-ring nucleotides
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radioactivity: What did Hershey & Chase's experiment involve?
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ribosomes: Where does mRNA get sent?
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semi conservative: how DNA replicates; means that 1st generation daughter helixes each have one parent strand and one new strand
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sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base: 3 components of a nucleotide
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termination: stage in translation where stop codon moves into A site
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thymine: T
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transcription: making mRNA from DNA template
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translation: making proteins from mRNA template
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uracil: U