DNA Vocabulary

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process by which mRNA is used to synthesize amino acids

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

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

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

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

process of copying DNA into mRNA in gene expression

inheritable unit of information in DNA

the process of nuclear division and cytokinesis that produces genetically identical daughter cells