DNA Vocabulary

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Nucleic acid which is self-replicating and contains the code to make all proteins needed by an organism

sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA that codes for an amino acid

process by which mRNA is used to synthesize amino acids

proliferation of cells caused by disruptions in the cell cycle; disruptions may be caused by environmental factors

change in DNA sequence

inheritable unit of information in DNA

cellular process used to make proteins, which includes transcription and translation

process by which DNA makes a copy of itself