Microbiology Cross

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A functional unit of prokaryotic DNA

Operon
A mutant cell having a nutritional need

Auxotroph
A tumor-causing agent in humans

Carcinogens
The polymerase that complementary binds new nucleotides (A,T,G,C) to a DNA template

DNA
AUG is an example (2 words)

Start codon
A cell able to produce all its nutritional needs

Prototroph
A nucleotide segment removed after transcription of a eukaryotice messenger RNA

Intron
UGA, UAA, or UAG is an example (2 words)

Stop codon
The _____ polymerase transcribes one strand of a gene

RNA
A fragment produced through discontinuous DNA replication

Okazaki
The genes transcribed in operon

Structural
A mutant cell that regains a physiological or biochemical property

Revertant
The ___ gene codes for a repressor protein

Regulatory
The number of bases in a codon

3
That portion of an operon where a repressor protein binds

operator
The sequence of bases that complementary binds to a codon

Anticodon
a permanent change in the DNA base sequence of a gene

Mutation
A sequence of 3 bases in a messenger RNA

Codon

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Card Set

Microbiology Cross

Description

Section 2

Updated

2010-10-10T02:44:59Z

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