RNA

RNA

Single stranded molecules that carries information from DNA to ribosomes

Protein synthesis

Process by which cell make proteins

Transcription

Segments of DNA serve as templates to produce complementary mRNA molecules.

Messenger RNA or mRNA

The RNA that carries the instructions from DNA in the nucleus to where translation occurs

Amino acid

Made from codons and mRNA. Building blocks of protein

Codon

A group of three nitrogenous bases that code for an amino acid

Translation

Changes information in mRNA to a strand of amino acids that make a protein

Transfer RNA or tRNA

Takes amino acids to ribosomes that are joined together to make proteins

Anticodon

A set of three nitrogenous bases on tRNA that matches a codon on mRNA

Ribosomal RNA or rRNA

Part of structure of ribosomes

Central dogma

Thesis that information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins

Mutation

Change in DNA sequence

Ribosome

Complex molecule made up of rRNA. It is the site of protein synthesis