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7. / the process by which a cell makes proteins using the genetic information carried in messenger RNA
8. /relating to, involving, or requiring an absence of free oxygen.
9. / a theory stating that genetic information flows only in one direction,
12. / a chemical reaction that releases energy by light or heat
14. / the period of wholesale DNA synthesis during which the cell replicates its genetic content
17. / a pentose sugar important in the formation of DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid
18. / the first phase of mitosis, the process that separates the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus
20. / the unfolding or breaking up of a protein, modifying its standard three-dimensional structure
22. / a disease caused when cells divide uncontrollably and spread into surrounding tissues.
23. / a small RNA molecule that plays a key role in protein synthesis
25. / A sequence of three consecutive nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule
26. / a sugar that has five carbon atoms and five oxygen atoms in each molecule and is part of RNA
27. / the process by which a cell replicates its chromosomes and then segregates them
28. / the process that cells use to create proteins
29. / to carry protein information from the DNA in a cell's nucleus
30. /elating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen.

1. / the process by which a cell makes an RNA copy of a piece of DNA.
2. / the strands run in opposite directions, parallel to one another
3. / the physical process of cell division, which divides the cytoplasm of a parental cell
4. / the cell grows in size and synthesizes mRNA and protein that are required for DNA synthesis.
5. / a series of steps during which the chromosomes and other cell material
6. /a trinucleotide sequence located at one end of a transfer RNA
10. / the time when the cell is neither dividing nor preparing to divide.
11. / a stage of mitosis or meiosis in which the chromosomes move from the center toward the opposite ends
13. / the fifth and final phase of mitosis, the process that separates the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus
15. / a continuous, unbranched chain of amino acids joined by peptide bonds
16. / the process by which a double-stranded DNA molecule is copied to produce
19. / the resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of meiosis.
21. / to carry protein information from the DNA in a cell's nucleus
24. / those that maintain a constant body temperature independent of the environment