Unit 8 Vocabulary

The process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria is called ________.

A virus that infects bacteria is called a ________.

The principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine is called ________.

The process of copying DNA prior to cell division is called ________.

The principal enzyme involved in DNA replication is ________.

Repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome is called a ________.

A single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose is called ________.

The RNA molecule that carries copies of instructions for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell is called ________.

The type of RNA that combines with proteins to form ribosomes is called ________.

The type of RNA molecule that transfers amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis is called ________.