Vocab 9

Single-Stranded nucleic acid that contains sugar ribose.

Collection of codons of mRNA, each of which directs the incorporation of a particular amino acid into a protein during protein synthesis

Group of homeotic genes clustered together that determine the head and tail identity of body parts in animals. All contain homeobox DNA sequences.

Specific Region of a gene where RNA plolymerase can bind and begin transcription.

Gene mutation in which a single base pair in DNA has been changed.

Type of RNA that carries each amino acid to a ribosome during protein synthesis.

Condition in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes.

in prokaryotes, a group of adjacent genes that shares a common operator and promoter and are transcribed into a single mRNA

Synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template

Long chain of amino acids that makes proteins