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