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  1. 5. is the addition of a poly(A) tail to an RNA transcript, typically a messenger RNA (mRNA).
  2. 9. fork, is a structure that forms within the long helical DNA during DNA replication.
  3. 11. is a membrane-bound organelle that contains genetic material
  4. 12. composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other
  5. 14. binds to adenine via two hydrogen bonds
  6. 18. bond, is a chemical bond formed between two molecules when the carboxyl group of one molecule reacts with the amino group
  7. 21. a sugar derived from ribose by replacing a hydroxyl group with hydrogen.
  8. 22. are the naturally occurring form of the element phosphorus
  9. 25. also known as nitrogenous bases or often simply bases
  10. 26. strand, is a single DNA strand that, during DNA replication, is replicated in the 3' – 5' direction
  11. 27. are enzymes that bind and may even remodel nucleic acid or nucleic acid protein complexes.
  12. 28. is a trinucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid.
  13. 29. is one of nitrogenous bases utilized in the synthesis of nucleic acids.
  14. 30. is a simple sugar and carbohydrate
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  1. 1. is the process of making an RNA copy of a gene sequence.
  2. 2. is one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid of DNA that are represented by the letters G–C–A–T.
  3. 3. acid, is an organic molecule that is made up of a basic amino group
  4. 4. are biological molecules (typically proteins) that significantly speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical reactions
  5. 6. process that takes the information passed from DNA as messenger RNA
  6. 7. is a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.
  7. 8. strand, is the strand of nascent DNA whose direction of synthesis is opposite to the direction of the growing replication fork.
  8. 10. are sequences of nucleotides that are complementary to codons.
  9. 13. located on one strand form chemical bonds with guanine bases on the opposite strand
  10. 15. is the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell
  11. 16. is a macronutrient that is essential to building muscle mass
  12. 17. is a single linear chain of many amino acids (any length), held together by amide bonds
  13. 19. is any nucleotide sequence within a gene that is removed by RNA splicing during maturation of the final RNA product
  14. 20. number of bases in one codon
  15. 23. is a short nucleic acid sequence that provides a starting point for DNA synthesis.
  16. 24. called guanosine.